Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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smart: he or she is smart ndaxdinshá' he became smart, received an education |
smash: I smashed it |
smear: she or he smeared him or her (with mud, jelly, googy stuff) |
smell: I smell it imperfective paradigm
ndée ts'enh ch'e łet ts'ehtsen? | ||||||
smile: he's smiling
shee' t'eey tsąąxiyinįhthenh | ||||||
smoke: smoke wushax ts'enh łet xadetjut smoke is coming out of the house jehłet he or she is smoking a skin (part of tanning processes) jehk'én' he's smoking a cigarette łet nadalt'enh it is smokey (for example from forest fires) |
smoke hole: |
smokehouse: LITERALLY 'dry fish house' |
smoking pipe: |
smolder: it is smoldering tth'êy ch'aa łet detjut the smoldering fire keeps moquitoes away natnét-tthet fire is smoldering |
smooth: he or she made it smooth This refers to using a tool to smooth the surface of something solid like wood. |
snack: snacks, rations xkéen' unindiyh get some snacksSYN rations |
snag: it is snagged, stuck, hung up on something sax dałųų'delneyh my gaff hook is snagged |
snail: ALSO clam, mussel |
snap:nah'óg ts'enh k'ę́y' k'edínshiidz shtl'adintiiyh give me a willow branch that you snapped off outside |
snare: snare míił caribou snare xok spring type snare for rabbits tixxod xoł snare barricade (used esp. for rabbits) gaał k'ée area that snares are set yiłųų' he or she snared it
gah eełų́ų' | ||||||
sneak around: she or he is sneaking around nach'etneg'iik I am sneaking around |
sneeze:suu' el'ęh he or she sneezed |
sniff: it is sniffing something |
snipe (bird): common snipe |
