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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

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

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toss : SEE throw

touch : medédhégtset  I touched it perfective paradigm medédhégtset medzéltset medédhíltset medédháltset yidéltset xiy'édéltset yekedélttheyh he or she touched it with their foot

tough : etch'ét it is tough shí' detch'ét the meat is tough dįhteyh it is tough, can not be broken

toward : ts'į́' toward, to ts'éhxeh kón' ts'į́' éedah   the woman is sitting toward the fire

toward water : yaatthúg area toward water (distant) yaatthúg dendîig ah'es moose are walking around down by the river na'atthûug tuu níihąą toward the water it flooded yaatthîiz from the water, lowlands (distant) yaatthîiz nanihshah I came back from Tanacross (said in Mansfield) yaatthén' down toward the water (distant) yaatthén' naxtétdeetl they went back down that way

track : nategkáax I am tracking it (animal) dendîig natelkáax he or she is tracking a moose

tracks : ké' k'eh tracks (of an animal) jâan dendîig ké' k'eh sínt'eh  these are moose tracks

trade : niłk'éyts'at-'ąą we traded, paid each other back niłk'éyts'ut-łeeyh  let's trade them back

trail : tęy trail, road ALSO road, path tęy xúltlet the trail is slippery tęy thǔul' main trail tohłuu winter trail tohłuu k'et ts'į́' xdelts'íits there is a sound on the winter trail xetl tęy sled trail

train : yeghink'áatth he trained him (teaching him physical skills, stamina, endurance) SEE exercise

transfer : SEE give

trap : éeł trap ts'íitsiy éel' steel trap dechenh éeł deadfall trap ní'éełníhłeeyh I am trapping, setting traps maa ní'éełts'éłeek tl'âan wuthédh' én' dzełeek we set traps for the furs and sell the skins

trap line : éeł k'ée

travel : SEE move

tree : ts'ôgh general word for tree, also 'spruce tree' dalaatth'aagh stunted tree (growing on the mountains) ch'aachěnn' tneexêez uprooted tree ch'aachěnn' détaan a windfallen tree tachatne'aay a slanted tree parts of a tree ch'elaats'eyh bark (of any tree) ch'elaa'éł tree branch ch'aachěnn' stump, trunk of tree ch'edełá' top of a tree ch'ethuchěnn' stump of branch sticking out after a small branch is broken off or a knot in wood SEE spruce

tremble : SEE shake

tribe : shehłâad iin people of my tribe

trick : nashtnin'aayh he tricked me

trim : SEE cut

trimming : ch'ekeechěnn' top trimming on mukluks

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