Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
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compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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| By creation datethighbone: my thighbone SYN femur |
femur: my femur, thighbone SYN thighbone |
fast (quick): xen ghegtthet I am running fast SYN quickly |
starvation: SYN famine detsenh ts'enh xghinłaak they died of starvation |
famine: SYN starvation |
family: my family, relatives ALSO relative |
shooting star: SYN meteor, falling star |
meteor: SYN shooting star, falling star |
falling star:sén' tsáan' |
stool:SYN excrement |
excrement:SYN stool tsą́ą' manure |
voice:shthéeg' my voice ALSO throat |
throat:shthéeg' my throat SYN esophagus ALSO voice |
esophagus: my esophagus SYN throat |
weasel: short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea) SYN ermine tsuuy least weasel (Mustela rixosa) |
ermine: SYN weasel (Mustela erminea) |
point (of an object): point or tip of something SYN end |
end:wuchíi end, tip SYN point (of an object) wuchíi taanduu xuu'ąą end of an island |
empty (house): ALSO campsite, abandonded (village) kón' k'ée dón' łâanyíi níníhshaay gee!, I arrived at a completely empty house |
whirlpool: whirlpool, eddy in water SYN eddy |
