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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

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

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yours (own) : ntsen jâan ch'e ntsen?   is this yours?

wag : etiik łii deché' étiik  the dog is wagging its tail

wait : tthée' stop, wait! needoogh eedah she or he is waiting for us

wake up : Different words are used for taking about one or more than one person. ts'énihthíit I am waking up perfective paradigm ts'éníhthet ts'éts'énindéek ts'énínthet ts'énahdéek ts'énínthet ts'éxnindéek ts'éninthiit  wake up!

war : naamaax

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

wall : shax eekeh

wash basin : taatleex tth'áak

warn : medaxdekshaan  I warned him or her

warbler (bird) : k'elaxdihtsogh yellow warbler (Dendrocia petechia)

warm : nelgón' it (an object) is warm ldîil nelkón' t'o tishdiił the tea is lukewarm but I will drink it xnelgón' it (the weather) is warm nah'ôg xnelgón' it is warm outside naxnelgón' it warmed up

water (just above fish trap) : k'ełndîidz \de

water lily : kelt'addh

watch out! : súu' dé'!  be careful, watch out

warrior : naamaax

wart : shéeth

watermilfoil : níhts'îil watermilfoil, "muskrat food" (Myriophyllum spicatum)

wave (on water) : taatth

watering hole : tuu dak'ée a place to get water, water source

water plants : tuu shíi nésheegh

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