Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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sucker fish: |
suddenly: all of a sudden jah ch'e xenh ni'éeshah suddenly he or she got up |
suffocate: she or he suffocated |
sugar: |
summer: sheen taatl'ěd' mid-summer saandîidz middle of the summer |
summit: summit of a mountain SYN peak |
sun: xesadin'ąą it is sunny saa dintl'ak'eddh kón' déhken' sundog xasaaghin'ąą sunrise nasaghin'ąą sunset |
surf scoter (duck): |
surface: surface of something wukaa inłeeyh spread it on the surface |
surprise: I am surprised ndadzenih'ąą I surprised you |
suspect: I suspect that person |
suspenders: my suspenders |
swallow: I swallowed it tédhegtéts I swallowed it negt'ų́ų' I swallowed something stringy gah tsǐig' nilt'ų́ų' you swallowed macaroni |
swallow (bird): swallow (general term) kets'iht'ón' shax swallow nest jahnęy barnhouse swallow |
swamp: swamp, muskeg, area of soft ground SYN bog |
swan: trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) |
swap: |
sweat: I am sweating méetanét'eh he or she is sweating |
sweep:dihthet I am sweeping it nashog wu'éł jet-thîid éł naxdinthet sweep the floor with the broom ahłet ní'ihthet I am sweeping it into a pile |
sweeper (in creek or river): |
