Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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inexpensive (cheap): something inexpensive SYN cheap łéegęyh diitlog gha ndlâan ughihkét I bought a lot of crackers because they are inexpensive |
cherish:shaa dint'eyh I cherish him or her shaa dint'eey my cherished ones maa yidint'eyh he or she cherishes him or her shchâay iin shaa dint'eyh I cherish my grandchildren |
chest (body): my chest sdzehchíi chetkeyh I have a pain in my chest sdzehtah my chest area |
chew: he chewed it up
nshí'i xunsų́ų xátnuldék tl'âan tuhndék déh | ||||||
chief: |
chickadee: |
childhood: |
cool:náynehk'é' he's cooling it off tuutheł nánink'é' the soup is cooled off náxnink'é' it (weather) has cooled off xeł t'âagh ts'į́' xaatthel éł shax nâxtnítk'e' the house finally started to cool off in the evening tuutheł natnetk'é'e the soup is cooling |
Chief Creek (AK Hwy xng @ Mile 1359): |
child: child ts'ínkeey iin children |
chinook wind: SYN wind |
chinking: |
chill: |
chimney: łet xádétjuut deh |
wind (chinook wind): warm winter wind |
chip: she or he is chipping shí' néltsįį ts'į́' yéhjek naadley the meat is frozen solid so he is chipping it instead ekch'ék I am chipping it yehch'ék he or she is chipping it łuut ekch'ek I am chipping ice |
choke:yitnelndék she or he choked on it (on something solid)
ch'etnédhegshíits | ||||||
chips (small peices): tsaath tthěel' potato chips tsets tthěel' wood chips |
choose:ch'etah xayį́htęę he chose him (from a group) ch'etah ts'enh xaghíhdlah I chose these from among them |
cut:Different Tanacross words are used depending on the overall motion involved in the cutting. See also 'hack' and 'chop' and 'slice'.
łuug et'aatth | ||||||
