Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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belongings:wughandá' xúudlaay  he's surrounded by his belongings SYN possessions |
navel:sts'uuk'ée my navel |
belt: nthédh' nt'ih? where is your belt? |
bend: I am bending it nanįhxót you are bending it nanalxót it (trees, brush) are bent over tanelket it is bent back |
berry: general term, but especially referring to blueberries ch'inłuut unripe berries, but especially referring to blueberries nit-sįį' blueberry (less commonly used than jêg) naaxęy jêg nagoonberry, frogberry nihmá' silverberry tsaanttheetl high bush cranberry SYN currant ntl'ét low bush cranberry nkáatl salmonberry dendéyh bearberry jîiz ndǎagh' bearberry naht'êez blackberry SYN crowberry danch'ǒg' raspberry daníhdûuy red currant (berry) (Ribes triste) |
currant: red currant (berry) (Ribes triste) |
bend over (a person): you are bending over xanén' xúghék-'ah I am bent over, hunched over |
best: the best kentsįįth ch'etth'íh shíi nsųų ts'į́' éltsiin si1nt'eh these look like the best moccasins |
Berry Creek (AK Hwy xng @ Mile 1372): LITERALLY 'caribou mountain creek' |
better: it is better than that one \de |
crowberry: SYN blackberry (Empetrum nigrum) |
beyond: wunaattheh beyond him wułǐig' wunaattheh aahaał his or her dog is walking ahead him or her |
between: shtlęę iin daateg didhihdah I'm sitting between my friends |
big: big dendîig chox nek-'ęh I see a big moose ncháax it is big dendîig ncháax the moose is big |
bicep: my bicep |
Big Dipper: the constellation popularly called "Big Dipper" was used to tell time |
tie:dineltl'ųų it is tied (up) shłǐig' dínéltl'ųų my dog is tied up ch'êl wuk'ech'udet-tl'uun dahtsaa shíi éedlah a bundle of clothes (tied together) are in the cache mech'edhekcheth I tied something to it, tied it up tl'uuł dinekcheth I tied a rope mech'elcheth it is tied together mech'edhektsón' I bound something to it, tied it tightly dineltsón' it is bound, tied tightly tl'uuł dineltsón' the rope is tied tightly dinedhekshaas I tied it quickly, not carefully diynehshaas he or she tied it quickly |
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buckbrush: SYN mountain willow, dwarf birch |
birch: birch tree ch'elaats'eyh peeled birch bark dahshú' birch catkins k'įįł birch sap k'įį ts'ědl' outer birch bark (paper) łuudh dwarf birch SYN buckbrush, mountain willow |
