Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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oar: |
obey: obey him! ch'ek'éetáa xáhthed an obedient person (won't cause others trouble) |
observe: |
obsidian: ALSO flint |
occasionally: SYN sometimes xatáatah shę́ę' naneg'íik I only see him or her or it occasionally |
occupy: |
ocean: |
ochre: SYN paint |
October: |
odor: |
offer: they are offering him something |
often: niłxen stâa'etdaak she or he goes away often |
okay: okay, that's fine êy t'o that's okay xú' dé' t'êey that way is okay sôgh t'íht'eh I am okay, not bad xunsųų nt'eh she or he is friendly |
old: it is old nâan neełǐig' átshaan sínt'eh that dog of ours is old łii shaan' an old dog ch'et-ttheen oldest, firstborn |
old man: |
old person: |
old woman: |
oldsquaw (duck): (Clahgula hyemalis) |
on: łii deshax k'et di'eedah the dog is sitting on its house |
once: ts'ehłóx shę́ę' chaldzíis ts'į́' tâatetshaa she or he only danced once and then went home |
one (number): |
only: êy shę́ę' only that êy shę́ę' unindiih take only that one ts'éhłêg shę́ę' only one sąąy dendeh sąąy xúnłęę there are only men around |
open: it (door, lid) is open thaaxdédhílts'aax open your mouth |
opening (hole): taathéth ndú' ch'e tth'êy danitdêg mosquitoes come in through the hole in the tent |
opposite: opposite niłchitsedz' eltsįį it looks opposite opposite niłchiduug here and there, scattered about (inland, away from there river) |
orphan: |
osprey: |
other person: |
other side: other side of us, away from us neeyaach'á' xdéltth'ih they live away from us nyahch'á' other side of you, away from you |
otter: (Lutra caadensis) |
ouch: |
ours (own): neetsen ts'enh wutl'ách'ínłeeyh give him or her some from ours naa ts'eyh neets'en sínt'eh that boat is ours |
out of breath: I am out of breath |
outdoors: SYN outside |
outhouse: |
outside: SYN outdoors |
over: yiteth ghin'éetth he stepped over it |
overflow (water): overflow on ice; spring geetth frozen overflow tuu na'ílgok water is overflowing and then freezing |
owe: I owe you |
owl: horned owl as well as general term for owl (Surnia ulula) mesiin owl ch'enishchek short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) nahdaax great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) tthí'dzaadz hawk owl (Bubo virginianus) shétth ch'emaa snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca) tthi'dzaadz gaay thuułshiid boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) |
own: I own it shax xúudę́'ę he owns the house |
