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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
Copyright © 2006 Alaska Native Language Center. The materials on this site, including Tanacross language transcriptions and audio recordings are intended for educational and reference purposes only. Commmercial use is strictly prohibited. Reproduction for non-profit educational purposes is permitted, provided appropriate citation is included. See complete terms of use. Please direct questions and comments to gary.holton@uaf.edu.



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when

:
Tanacross has slightly different words for distinguishing between 'when in the future' and 'when in the past'.
ndée dé' audio when (future)
ndée dé' tínhaał? audio when are you leaving?
ndée dą́'ą audio when (past)
ndée dą́'ą nínshah? audio when did you arrive?

where

:
Different words are used depending partially on the kind of information being asked for.
ndée audio where (what place)
ndée dhíndah? audio where do you live?
chenhtiił ndée nínín'ąą? audio where did you put the box?
nt'í́h? where is it (a specific person or thing)
éeł nt'í́h? audio where is the trap?

which

:
ndée êyninthenh? audio which do you want?

while

:
tah audio
shchąą tah ts'enîin dâa'itshah audio while I was sleeping the child arrived
k'ahdíidą́'ą audio a while ago
k'ahdíidą́'ą nach'ih'áatl audio I ate a while ago
k'ahdíidé' audio after a while (in the future)
k'ahdíidé' tâatihdaał audio after a while I'm going home
dindah audio a while
wukól díndah na'ilsheyh audio you rest while she or he is gone

whetstone

:
ttheech'iik'agh audio

Jesus

:
T'axdį́ht'eey Ts'eníin' audio

Johnson River

:
Ts'eethaay Ndiig
Niithaayh Ndiig LITERALLY 'gravel creek' \de

Joseph Village

:
Tehłuug Ninhdeex Ndiig \de

jugular (vein)

:
shk'oth tth'éegh' my jugular

juice

:
jêg tú' audio

joke

:
tsą́ą dadedlih audio she or he is joking, telling a joke
wu'eł tsą́ą didihdlih audio  I am joking with him/her

junco (bird)

:
ts'est'ûud audio (Junco hyemalis)

July

:
saa dze'edeex dé' \de

jump

:
téhsháatl audio she or he jumped
perfective paradigmaudio
tédheksháatl ts'éhsháatl
tédhįhsháatl tédhahsháatl
téhsháatl xtéhsháatl

nâagheksháatl audio I jumped down
ya'ehshék audio he or she is jumping up and down
ya'įhshek audio you are jumping up and down
tl'uuł éł yá'etshék audio she or he is jumping rope
ya'etkeyh audio it is jumping around
łii ya'etkeyh audio the dog is jumping around (while restrained)

key

:
meldlíi' audio

kick

:
mekédhekkéyh audio  I kicked it (once)
sheké'ehkéyh audio  she or he kicked me
yeké'éhkeyh audio she or he is kicking it (repeatedly)

kestrel

:
tsúugaay eldîil audio  American kestrel

Ketchumstuck

:
Saagéscheeg audio Ketchumstuck Village
Yaadóg Xt'een Iin audio Ketchumstuck people LITERALLY 'inland area people'

kind (person)

:
teejuh ch'uunęy audio kind, thoughtful person

kind (type)

:
k'ent'eey audio  a kind or type of something
keechotl k'ent'eey sínt'eh audio this is a kind of mukluk

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