Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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| By creation datelily (water): kelt'addh |
Little Tanana Slough: |
listen: I am listening wuts'į́' dzíitédhék-'ah I am listening to him or her or it |
little: little, small amount xá' xuh xnéek'etth it's a little cold xá' xuh xunhéeyh talk a little bit (keep it short) ntsîin little bit, few tuutheł ntsîin ghishna' I drink a little bit of soup |
Little Gerstle River: |
liver: my liver |
live (dwell):eedah he's living (at a place)
Tok dhihdah
nee'éł ghindá' | ||||||||||||
load (sled, boat):ts'eyh shíi xółeeyh he's loading the boat |
lodge (animal): its lodge, house, den menh tadettiin tah tenh k'et dekę́ę' éhtsiik when the lake freezes over and they make their lodges on top of the ice tsá' kę̌ę' beaver lodge |
long: it is long niidûuy xǒl' ndéeth lynx have long legs |
long ago: long ago times, olden days |
long johns: |
lookout place: |
loon: common loon (Gavia immer) ts'êlméet arctic loon (Gavia arctica) ttheechaagh red-throated loon (Gavia stellata) |
lost: it is lost, it disappeared mexushâag gha lé'e ch'e wukó́l he must have gotten lost; that's why he's not here mexudheksháak I lost it stsųų yexúhshaak my grandmother lost it |
lopsided: |
loud: it is loud |
lungs: my lungs |
lynx: (Lynx canadensis) |
love: I love him/her shaa nts'į́į' she or he loves me |
