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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

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

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went : SEE go

wet : Different words are used depending on the degree of wetness. ehtseł it is wet nadhįhtseł you are wet chąą ts'enh nadhektseł I am wet from the rain shinłá' éhtseł my hands are wet elsox it is damp na'ehts'ół it is soaking wet nadhekts'ół I am soaking wet SEE damp

what : díi díi ín'áał? what are you eating? díi chíh? what else? nts'é' nts'é' t'índę́'ę? what are you doing? ęę what?

wheeze : degtthéek I am wheezing

when : Tanacross has slightly different words for distinguishing between 'when in the future' and 'when in the past'. ndée dé' when (future) ndée dé' tínhaał? when are you leaving? ndée dą́'ą when (past) ndée dą́'ą nínshah? when did you arrive?

where : Different words are used depending partially on the kind of information being asked for. ndée where (what place) ndée dhíndah? where do you live? chenhtiił ndée nínín'ąą? where did you put the box? nt'í́h? where is it (a specific person or thing) éeł nt'í́h? where is the trap?

whetstone : ttheech'iik'agh

which : ndée êyninthenh? which do you want?

while : tah shchąą tah ts'enîin dâa'itshah while I was sleeping the child arrived k'ahdíidą́'ą a while ago k'ahdíidą́'ą nach'ih'áatl I ate a while ago k'ahdíidé' after a while (in the future) k'ahdíidé' tâatihdaał after a while I'm going home dindah a while wukól díndah na'ilsheyh you rest while she or he is gone

whimbrel : ch'uhdlogn (Numenius phaeopus)

whimper : SEE yelp

whirlpool : ok whirlpool, eddy in water SYN eddy

whirlwind : ehts'eyh mâay xaghints'eyh maay SYN dust devil

whiskers : shdaaxá' my whiskers SYN beard minch'ědl xá' whiskers on dog or lynx

whisper : degdziit I am whispering imperfective paradigm degdziit dzeldziit dildziit daldziit deldziit xdeldziit sts'į́' díldziit whisper to me

whistle : ch'udehshíis he or she is whistling imperfective paradigm ch'udekshíis ts'uyidehshíis ch'udįhshíis ch'udahshíis ch'udehshíis ch'uxdehshíis

whistler : xuhshîiz

white : delgeyh it is white xey tah gah delgeyh rabbits are white in winter delgey the white one jâan tthíishúus délgey sínt'eh this is a white hat

white fronted goose : dąąxêd (Anser albifrons)

White Person (non-Native) : Nondlêed

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