Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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heaven: |
heavy: it is heavy tsets dehtsel dindaath green wood is heavy |
heel: heel of my foot |
help: she or he is helping me (with a task) shxaan ts'į́' yint'áath she or he helped me cut it up xe'édáldek they rushed to help him or her (for example after an accident) |
her: |
herd (of animals): naltl'éy ná'al'és a herd (of caribou) is moving |
here (in space or time): nts'é éł jah nínáhdeetl? how did you all get here? |
hers: this belongs to her, him |
hiccup: I have the hiccups |
hide (conceal): (you) hide it! shax nandîidz ch'etnél'įį he, she or it is hiding behind the house |
hide (of an animal): a hide SYN skin, pelt |
high up: yatthiidóg tah kón' dí'ihdláx I keep matches way up there |
hill: teyh kedl hill with very few trees xeekeeyh hillside teyh k'iig slope of a hill |
him: |
hip: my hip |
his: this is his or hers |
hit (punch): I hit him shídhįhgót you hit me shetédhįhgót you hit me for no reason at all yíhgót he or she hit him or her yinelshos he or she hit him, her or it really hard metnedhegshos I hit him (in the head, face) SEE slap dhektl'eth I hit him, her or it (with a stick) |
hoarse: I am hoarse |
hoist: she or he hoisted it up daałų́ų' hoist down |
hold: I'm holding it
shěg' údin'éetth | ||||||
