Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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chin: my chin ALSO beak, bill |
bill (bird): it's bill, beak SYN beak ALSO chin |
grizzly bear: (Urus arctos) |
beak: its beak SYN bill ALSO chin |
Bear Creek (Mile 1357 Alaksa Highway):Sht'ey Teyy' Nda' |
bearberry: jîiz ndǎagh' (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) |
whiskers: my whiskers SYN beard minch'ědl xá' whiskers on dog or lynx |
beard: my beard SYN whiskers |
beat (drum): he is beating it (drum) imperfective paradigm
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beat (with a spoon): she or he is beating it, stirring it |
beat (as in a game): she or he beat him or her (at a game) shlsǎaz' ładedheknęyh I lost my money (in a game) ładedhegnęyh I lost (at a game) |
beaver: (Castor canadensis) tsá' íin xaa'ół beavers are swimming together tsá' kę̌ę' beaver lodge |
bed: ALSO rack, drying rack |
becoming: xey ts'į́' xáattheł it's becoming winter |
beckon: come along, lets go (said along with a motioning gesture) |
because: k'á xníntthogh n'éł tihdâal, ishndaay gha I can't stay with you long because I'm working xanich'ulnęy gha ch'e dádéhnęy he is keeping quiet because he is intimidated. êy gha sú' táhchąą le' sų́ų' tahchąą lé' because of that it will probably rain éł ghįhshâaddh éł xúltlet. it's slippery because it snowed. |
rack: drying rack, bed dints'eeg rack poles SYN poles |
poles (for drying rack): SYN rack poles |
drying rack: ALSO bed, rack |
mat: ALSO mattress, rug, bedding |
