Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
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compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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fog: it's foggy taashíits patchy fog over water |
fold: she or he is folding it wutéel' nádhékxoł I folded his or her bedding elxoł it is folded łe'elxôl something folded together |
follow: I am following you yik'eh aahaał she or he is following behind him/her |
following: |
food: ALSO meat xkéen' snacks, rations ch'ekéen' ég'ęh my rations |
food in animal's stomach: SEE rennet |
fool: he fooled me |
foot: my foot ALSO paw shkeet'aag top of my foot shkeetl'áa' sole of my foot shkeetétl heel of my foot |
foot print: its footprint |
for:êy gha jeyh êy gha ehtsįį she or he made gloves for him/her xúu' gha' eshěg' ts'į́' tíhhaał I'll go there for that shaa for me shaa ch'įhłeł drive for me naa for you xuugha for them de'ukah for the purpose of, in search of wudzih de'ukah nats'elséex we're hunting for caribou |
forbidden: SYN taboo łą́'ą ch'e injih xendiix it true that they say it is forbidden sú'u xú' duníi, injih ha' don't say that, it's taboo |
forefathers: SYN ancestors |
forehead: my forehead shints'etadaag my forehead |
forest: woods, forest taachěnn' woods, forest taachěnn' tah tanetshah she or he got lost in the woods |
forest fire: there is forest fire |
forever: forever, from here on out |
forget: I forgot medhegndax I forgot it |
forgive: I forgave him or her |
fork (utensil): |
forked: |
