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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
Copyright © 2006 Alaska Native Language Center. The materials on this site, including Tanacross language transcriptions and audio recordings are intended for educational and reference purposes only. Commmercial use is strictly prohibited. Reproduction for non-profit educational purposes is permitted, provided appropriate citation is included. See complete terms of use. Please direct questions and comments to gary.holton@uaf.edu.


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K

keep

:
dhindlah audio you keep (it)
jâan dhihdlah audio I am keeping this one

keepsake

:
kǎay' audio keepsake, memento from a potlatch
SYN souvenir ALSO gift, present

kestrel

:
tsúugaay eldîil audio  American kestrel

Ketchumstuck

:
Saagéscheeg audio Ketchumstuck Village
Yaadóg Xt'een Iin audio Ketchumstuck people LITERALLY 'inland area people'

kettle

:
ldîil tiił audio ALSO teapot

key

:
meldlíi' audio

kick

:
mekédhekkéyh audio  I kicked it (once)
sheké'ehkéyh audio  she or he kicked me
yeké'éhkeyh audio she or he is kicking it (repeatedly)

kidney

:
sts'edz audio my kidney

kill

:
Slightly different words are used when referring to kill (one) or kill (more than one)
dhehxęę audio kill (one)
dendîig ts'edhehxęę audio we killed a moose (just one)
ghinxąą audio kill (more than one)
wudzih ts'inxąą audio we killed caribou

kin

:
SEE relative

kind (person)

:
teejuh ch'uunęy audio kind, thoughtful person

kind (type)

:
k'ent'eey audio  a kind or type of something
keechotl k'ent'eey sínt'eh audio this is a kind of mukluk

kindling

:
tsets dintsuudl audio
ch'elasées audio
dekjáayh audio  I am making kindling

kingfisher

:
taach'aa \de (Ceryle alcyon)

kiss

:
naniłxnelts'ú' audio they're kissing each other

knap

:
tthee łedeknęyh audio I am knapping rock

knee

:
shgót audio my knee
stsídahgót audio  my kneecap

kneel

:
xnigótdhek-'ah audio I am kneeling
imperfective paradigmaudio
xnigótdhék-'ah xnigót-ts'aah-'ah
xnigótdhį́h-'ah xnigótdháh-'ah
xnigót-'áah-'ah xnigótxáah-'ah

knife

:
seey audio
seey tthí' audio table knife
seey saagh audio curved knife (for snowshoe making)
meetsel audio fish cutter, ulu
seey tsêdl audio pocket knife
ch'iijeey audio fleshing knife

knit

:
ch'ihtl'uh audio  I am knitting
éth íhtl'uh audio I am knitting a dipnet

knock

:
xdekt'enh audio  I am knocking (on a door)
xdįhdón' audio you knock (on the door)
xdeldón' audio there is a knocking, thumping sound

knot

:
wuchíi ch'etxêez įhtseyh audio tie a knot!
wuchíi dínį́htl'uh audio  tie a knot!

knot (in wood)

:
ch'ethuch'ěnn' audio a knot in wood or a stump of branch remaining after branch is broken off

know

:
xe'ishdéyh audio I know (it), understand (it)
nee'anděeg' édadishdéyh audio I know our language
me'ishdęyh I know him or her
k'á medadíshdé́y audio I don't know it (language)
xets'ishdiig' audio I don't know it, understand it

knuckles

:
shinlaatthishuus my knuckles

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