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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

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

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young : gaay ALSO small shos gaay nek-'ęh I see a bear cub ch'etl'aataay youngest in the family ch'ek'eetl'aan younger

yell : SEE shout

wreck : SEE break

wound : SEE injure

withered : SEE dry

windpipe : shthuuł my windpipe ALSO tube

willow : k'ę́y' willow dahłiigaay pussy willow k'aaz tsets dry willow or alder branches łuudh mountain willow SYN buckbrush, dwarf birch k'ę́y' jiits willow sprouts, new growth

whitefish : SEE fish

whimper : SEE yelp

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

went : SEE go

weep : SEE cry

web : kelahdzeey gǎal' SYN spider web

weather : There is no word in Tanacross that corresponds to English 'the weather'. Instead, Tanacross talks about the condition of the "outside". nah'ôg nts'é xúnt'eh? how is the weather? LITERALLY 'How is it outside?' nah'ôg nts'é xúltsįį? how's the weather out there? LITERALLY 'How does it look outside?' nah'ôg xúnsųų the weather is nice, it is nice outside ch'et-ts'iik nippy weather

walk : This same basic words are used with a meaning 'go', without referring to how. Different words are used for referring to one or more than one person. aahaał she or he is walking imperfective paradigm ghihhaał ts'aadéł ghinhaał ghahdéł aahaał xaadéł tth'iitú' k'eddh łóghíhhaał I am walking around by the river gheggek I am walking fast and straight, 'power walking' SEE move (animals) for animals (and birds) walking

vole : SEE mouse

vibrate : SEE shake

very : Words may be translated as 'very' or 'really'. łą́'ą t'êey łą́'ą t'êey dihtsįį I am very hungry łoot'ée' łoot'ée' łéech'aak xúnłęę it is very muddy łoot'ée' xníik'aath \au it was very cold

vanish : SEE disappear

valuable : SEE expensive

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