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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman

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scale : łuug ekguuth  I am scaling fish imperfective paradigm ekguuth ts'ehguuth įhguuth ahguuth ehguuth xehguuth

scalp : shtthits'ědl' my scalp

scar : shétth  scar wunę́ę' k'et shétth ée'ąą  his face is scarred

scarce : nintsîin it is scarce sheen dą́'ą jêg nintsîin ts'į́' k'á jêg néktsí́il this past summer berries were scarce so I didn't pick berries SEE few

scare : nnekjíit I scared you menegjet I am scared of it naa łii diineltl'ûun menegjed sínt'eh I am scared of that dog tied up there

scared : SEE afraid

scarf : ttheet'aał

scatter : naytetdek she is scattering it staniłxnetdeetl they scattered, ran away in different directions

scattered (about) : niłch'edûug tah scattered about Jah keey niłch'edûug tah shax xuudlah   the houses are scattered about here and there

scaup, lesser (duck) : naltthogh (Aythya affinis)

school : xáxdeldiix shax

scissors : łétdeldôdz eek tedhektsiin gha ch'ěl' ekdóts I'm cutting material to make a dress

scold : yédadée'ah she or he is scolding him or her ts'enîin etdzuug gha wunąą yédadée'ah   the mischievous child was scolded by his or her mother

scorch : łaadéłuut he or she scorched it, charred it (done by accident) SEE crisp

scoter (duck) : ndêl white-winged scoter (Melanitta fusca) taatsą́ą' ndêl surf scoter (Melanitta perscpicillata)

scrape (skins) : yehjeeyh she or he is scraping it imperfective paradigm ekjeeyh yits'ehjeeyh įhjeeyh ahjeeyh yehjeeyh xiyehjeeyh ihtthox I am scraping it imperfective paradigm ihtthox ts'etthox intthox ahtthox yetthox xiyetthox ch'ethéth étthox he or she is scraping a hide ghįntthą́ą'ą scraped skin ready for tanning

scraper : ch'itthogh' scraper tool for tanning skins náhttheł flesher; scraper tool for removing flesh from skin

scraps : ch'edǔul' scraps, bits and pieces ch'egěddh' scraps, leftover pieces of moose or caribou skin

scratch : shits'ét she or he scratched me nihts'ét you scratched me edishts'ét I scratched myself xoots'ét he, she or it is scratching an area shłǐig' nah'âaz xoots'ét my dog is scratching over there (for example, to come in) shk'ech'itxuts I got a scratch (on my skin)

screw : SEE twist

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