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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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swim

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Words ending in -meeL refer to movement across from one point to another. Words ending in -'ok refer to floating or swimming in one place.
aameeł audio he is swimming
imperfective paradigm
ghihmeeł ts'aameeł
ghinmeeł ghahmeeł
aameeł xaameeł

natetmeek audio he or she swam
taats'el'ok audio we are swimming audio
dzenh aameeł audio a muskrat is swimming
tsá' natel'ok audio beavers are swimming
łuug natel'ok audio fish are swimming
SEE wade

take away

:
SEE deprive

talk

:
xunhéeyh audio she or he is talking
SYN speak
imperfective paradigm audio
xnihhéeyh ts'axunhéeyh
xninhéeyh xahhéeyh
xunhéeyh xaxunhéeyh

shdéedz sts'į́' xúnheeyh audio my younger sister is talking to me
tthaxdelxos audio they're talking among each other
nah'ôg menh k'et ts'į́' dets'ên tthadelxos audio outside on the lake dcks are talking, making noise
tthaxdelxoz chíh naxudishtth'íik audio I hear talking them every now and them

tall

:
The usual way to refer to a tall person is with the word for 'big'. Other tall things can referred to with the word for 'big; or 'long'.
ncháax audio it is tall, big
dendeh nchâagh audio tall, big person
ndéeth audio it is tall, long
ts'ôgh dinděedh audio a long, tall tree

tap (foot)

:
deké'éjéhdzes audio she or he is tapping their own foot (in time with something)
SEE thump

thump

:
xdeldón' audio there is a thumping sound
xotétl audio she or he is thumping, stomping their foot
SEE tap

teeth

:
SEE tooth

them

:
SEE they

threaten

:
SEE frighten

tight

:
Can mean 'tight' or 'crowded'
eltl'ét audio it is tight
shěeg' eltl'ét audio my coat is tight

tilt

:
SEE slant

timid

:
SEE bashful

tip

:
SEE end

to

:
SYN toward
ts'į́' audio to, toward
hên ts'į́' ghíhhaał audio I am going to the creek

too

:
SEE also

toss

:
SEE throw

transfer

:
SEE give

travel

:
SEE move

tree

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

tremble

:
SEE shake

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