Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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wink:nelts'ék he is winking negts'ékts'enelts'ék nilts'éknalts'ék nelts'ékxnelts'ék yits'į́' nelts'ék he or she is winking at him or her |
blink:SEE wink |
blister:minłá' k'et tuułot nídélneyh a blister appeared on his or her hand |
block:dâatth'i'ilshaay éł dedaxdéltsįį she or he came in the house in fear and so blocked up the house |
blizzard: |
blood:shintsįį deł my bloody nose ch'inkąąy boiled blood (from moose, caribou) |
bloodshot: |
blossom:xt'aghihdlâay k'ót'êey ch'exanihshaan I planted something and it is already blossoming, sprouting |
blouse:ALSO shirt |
blow (nose):chiitah ish-thį́įth I am blowing my nose |
shirt:eek shirt, dress, coat ch'et'aa eek undershirt dlaat eek shirt |
blow:yehshok she or he is blowing on it |
blue:deldlêedz jâan tthíishúus deldlêedz sínt'eh this is a blue hat |
green:deldlêedz green, blue sheen tah tl'ox deldléets in summer the grass is green ALSO blue |
blueberry:nit-sį́į' ripe blueberries ch'inłuut unripe (green) blueberries ALSO hail ch'indą̌ąy' flower of blueberry (that grows into berry) |
bluff:SYN cliff |
hail:ch'inłuut e'ehchąą it is hailing |
cliff:sų́'ų dzendaax ghultthiid don't fall off the cliff SYN bluff xdáag edge of a cliff xdáag dídhíndah sit by the edge of the cliff |
body:ch'ethěeg' dead body SYN corpse ssék my torso, upper body |