Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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nagoonberry: SYN frogberry (Rubus arcticus) |
nail: |
naked: she or he is naked |
name (person):shuusí' my name is shuusí' nee'usí' nuusí' nuh'usí' miisí'xu'usí'nts'é nuusi'? what's your name? shtá' Charley miisí' my father's name is Charley mighinsí' his or her name was stsey Charely mighinsí' my grandfather's name was Charley SEE call
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nap: |
narrow: narrow, long also long dzenh wuché' dínts'eeg muskrat has a narrow tail |
Native: |
navel:sts'uuk'ée my navel |
near: ntlęę aaxáh dídhíndah you're sitting near your friend shaaxáh near me maaxáh dídhíhdah I am sitting near him, her, it |
nearly: |
neck: my neck |
necklace:ch'ink'ón' dentalium necklace |
needle (for sewing or making things): sewing needle éth wu'éł éhtl'uun dipnet needle ulsûud a needle for sewing cloth natl'és tl'ankaan needle for beading natnatk'ąąy three cornered needle kâay tl'ankaan three cornered needle (?) |
neighbor: neighbors |
nephew: my nephew or niece (man's) |
nest: its nest |
net (fishnet): |
nettles: stinging nettles |
never: k'á t'êey xú' tdíndí́il you can never say that |
new: a new thing, something newly made |
news: maa xdek xúnłęę there is news about it (something happened) naa dendeh xdek éł neghaninshaay sínt'eh that man arrived with news |
next door: next door nâan iin ch'e na'ashěg' déltth'iiy they live next door |
nibble: I am nibbling (on something) ch'eshǎaddh' k'et xoksók I am nibbling on bone marrow |
nice: |
night: |
nightmare: I had a nightmare |
nine: |
nipple: my nipple |
no:éna' éna' dedíhnih I said 'no' nudehket dé' k'á éna' díndí́il if he asks you, you can't say 'no' ALSO don't, stop SEE not |
no reason: for no reason, for nothing shée' t'êey nat'ihdaag sit'íhdę'ę I'm just walking around, for no reason |
no-see-um: xołgodz |
nod: I nodded my head nâan ts'į́' tthí'ít-'aak motion to him, nod your head at him |
noise: a pounding noise nah'óg' ts'į́' xdeldón' díi ch'étnęy? what is that making noise out there? shaxeh'ąą noise is being made (by a group, crowd) aatthûug ts'į́' shaxeh'aan xúh de'ihtth'ek I hear people making noise xédáxdetdéyh something is making noise xdel'uutl noise of moving, bumping objects |
none: none, no one dendeey kól there is no one (here) |
noon: dzeen tl'êd |
northern lights: SYN aurora |
northern pike: (Esox lucius) |
northern shrike: SYN shrike (Lanius excubitor) |
Northway Village: |
nose: my nose shinchědl' bridge of my nose minjîidz its nose cartilage |
nostril: my nostril |
not:k'á not, never k'á ndíhtthé́g I cannot hear you k'á éhchá́an it is not raining k'á Tok na'íhhá́al I did not go to Tok dendeh k'á ts'ani'elt'êegh sínt'eh that person never gets angry |
not know: I don't know, something or other teddh dą́'ą díi gha lé'e ná'ihté'e last night I was dreaming of something |
not yet: k'á tth'ihtah ihshá́ddh it didn't snow yet |
nothing: nothing, no one shxghendah ch'ekó́1 there is nothing, no one around me ts'iidee nothing at all ts'iidee ntl'ádhékchuud há' I have nothing to eat to give you |
November: |
now: |
numb: it is numb |
nurse (person): nurse, caregiver |
