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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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brown : The same word includes yellows and browns. deltthogh the brown one jâan eek deltthogh sínt'eh this is a brown coat deltthox it is brown ch'eliitthǒgh' déltthox grizzly bears are brown ALSO yellow

brother-in-law : Tanacross has different words for referring to a man's brother-in-law or a women's brother in law. shłenh my brother-in-law (man's) shxeh my brother-in-law (women's)

brother : Tanacross has different words for older and younger brothers. shundaagh my older brother shchêl my younger brother

broth : tuutheł SYN soup

soup : tuutheł SYN broth

broom : wu'éł ts'axuthîid wu'éł jet-thîid

broken : SEE break

brittle : det-thayh

broke (no money) : shlsǎaz' kôl I'm broke

brisket : ch'eyutth'ěnn'

yellow : The Tanacross word includes yellows and browns. deltthogh the yellow one deltthox it is yellow wuthéth deltthox its skin is yellow

bruise : tsetl bruise, black and blue mark wudǎagh' tsetl ni'it-'ąą  somebody gave him or her a black eye iltúuts it is swollen, bruised xetnélttheey éł wutthí' iltúuts  it (for example, a rock) fell down and bruised his/her head

bubble : taxunxos  bubble xashotl  bubbling xashotl edeex  it is bubbling up

bucket : nadh'aay SYN pail

brush : ts'étl ts'étl tah nihshah   I went through the brush

bufflehead (duck) : tleełttheedl k'éłttheel (Bucephala albeola)

pail : nadh'aay SYN bucket

make : Different Tanacross words are used for making one or more than one thing. yehtseyh he is making, building, constructing it imperfective paradigm ektseyh its'ehtseyh įhtseyh ahtseyh yehtseyh xiyehtseyh \tb dhektsįį ts'ehtsįį dhįhtsįį dhahtsįį yíhtsįįxiyíhtsįį shax xahtseyh he is making, building a house yíhtsįį she or he made it Making more than one thing yinxąą he made them ALSO kill (several) perfective paradigm perfective paradigm ghihxąą ts'inxąą ghinxąą ghahxąą yinxąą xeyinxąą yexąą he is making them k'įį tth'áak xéxąą they are making baskets

build : SEE make

bundle : mech'ekcheth  I bundled it, tied it together

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