Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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white socks (bugs): ch'echog tuu' |
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white-winged junco (bird): chitnetl'edz
ts'est'ûud  (Junco hyemalis) |
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white-winged scoter (duck): ndêl (Melanitta fusca) |
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whittle: xák'áneksees I am whittling (to a point) |
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whole: łaaltth'ek
wudzih gǎan' łaaltth'ek ts'į́' wutl'ayghų́hchuut dé' make sure you give him or her the whole caribou arm |
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why: díi gha
díi gha ch'e t'inden? why are you doing that? |
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wide: dintéeł it is wide
tsá' ch'e dintéeł beaver has a wide tail |
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widgeon (duck): shahsęy American widgeon (Anas americana) |
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widow: haashax widow or widower |
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wife: sh'aat my wife, mate
wu'éł dhíhdaay my spouse, the one I stay with |
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wiggle: et-t'aał she or he is wiggling, cannot sit still
ts'enîin et-t'aał the child is wiggling |
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wilderness: ts'étl tah |
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wildman: gųų Brush Indian. Bogeyman. People in stories that lived apart from society and were often intent in capturing children.
SYN brushman ALSO bug, insect, worm |
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win: ch'ídhiht'éth I won something |
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wind (chinook wind): tsaał warm winter wind |
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window: sits'enal'een |
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windpipe: shthuuł my windpipe ALSO tube |
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