Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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me too: shint'ah, ihsųų me too, I'm fine |
macaroni: LITERALLY 'rabbit guts' |
maggot: nindaagh |
marshhawk:nah daax marsh hawk |
marten: (Martes americana) |
marrow: its marrow |
marry: he married her k'ôd niłxútdíik they are already married xuht'ęę I am married Fairbanks tah ts'axunt'ęę we are married and make a home in Fairbanks |
manner (way): (do it) in this manner, this way |
Mansfield: Mansfield Village Ch'enaa Ndêdh old Mansfield Village Dihthâad Xt'een Iin Mansfield People |
Mansfield Hill: |
March: |
man:dendeh man, person dendeey men, people tsiil young man, older boy ch'etey old man |
magpie: tsaxatndiik (Pica pica) |
mallard (duck): (Anas platyrhynchos) |
mammal: nûun ká'ehá' he is hunting LITERALLY 'he is fetching animals' |
measure: he is measuring it mech'unéedhék-'ąą I am measuring it, sizing it up |
mean: she or he is a mean person wushíi xnét-thet he or she is mean mets'adaxdiht'eey \au she or he is a mean person |
medicine: medicine, usually a traditional remedy given by medicine man etshen he is making medicine |
meet: we will meet again (on purpose) k'ahdąądé' naniłts'étnal'íił we will meet again tomorrow niłts'į́' xâats'atdeetl we accidentally met, we ran into each other |
