Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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| By creation datecrow: SYN raven (Corvus corax) |
handicapped: handicapped person, animal sháath handicapped, hobbled by old injury shaath nłęę he is handicapped SYN crippled |
crippled: a crippled person shaatth crippled shaatth nłęę he is crippled, handicapped, hobbled by old injury SYN handicapped |
sandhill crane: SYN crane (Grus canadensis) |
crane: SYN sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) |
pilot bread: SYN cracker |
cracker: SYN pilot bread |
friend: my friend ALSO cousin |
cousin: my cousin ALSO friend |
cook:ch'įhmeets! cook something! díi ch'e įhmeedz? what are you cooking? yehmeets she or he is boiling it yeht'éeth she or he is frying, roasting it |
pine cones: SYN spruce cones |
spruce: general term ts'ôgh tl'eg white spruce, young straight spruce taatthaayh black spruce ch'elaats'eyh bark éł spruce boughs tth'êy dry spruce twigs or branches ch'elahdzol spruce cone SYN cone éł géddh' needle of spruce tree xeyh spruce root ts'ôgh dehtsel green spruce tatníitthôgh rotten spruce |
cone (spruce): SYN spruce cone, pine cone |
spider: spider kelahdzeey gǎal' spider web SYN cobweb |
cobweb: SYN spider web |
dress: dress ALSO coat, shirt ts'éhxeey iin eek naxdelshax, tl'âan dendeey iin dú' ch'ehtle1' shi1i xdel'i1itth women wear dresses, but men wear pants na'ishtl'uh I am getting dressed imperfective paradigm
naghut-tl'uh de'! | ||||||
coat: a coat ALSO dress, shirt eek nádédhégshah I'm wearing a coat xey eek winter coat, parka dąą eek old time fur coat |
wise: he is wise ALSO clever ndaxdinshaan sínt'eh that is a wise person |
clever: clever naagêddh xunshąą foxes are clever ALSO wise |
mud: mud nah'ôg łéech'aak xúnłęę it's muddy outside łéech'aak na'alják there was a mud slide LITERALLY 'mud slid down' ALSO clay łeet'ot mud, quicksand ALSO quicksand |
