Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
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compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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swamp: swamp, muskeg, area of soft ground SYN bog |
bog: SYN swamp |
soul: my soul SYN spirit |
corpse: |
spirit: my spirit, breath SYN soul mink'âadz ghost, spirit of someone deceased |
boil:ekmeets I'm boiling it imperfective paradigm
shaadeh sâay ehmeets | ||||||
bone: |
paper: ALSO book |
book: ALSO paper |
boots: mukluks ch'edzaa théth kench'ǒdl' caribou legging mukluks |
boreal owl: (Aegolius funereus) |
border: border or edge (of something) wumâagh nanettl'uun sínt'eh it is sown along the edges ALSO edge |
edge: menh mâagh ło'aahaał he's walking along the edge of the lake ALSO border |
bored: I am bored literally 'boredom is killing me' ts'axnintthenh she or he is bored, has nothing to do, lethargic nah'ôg ehchaan éł ts'axnintthenh it is raining outside so she or he is bored |
born:Fairbanks deh ch'e shexunłeen I was born in Fairbanks mexunłęę she or he or it was born Saagescheeg deh ch'e mexunłeen she or he was born in Ketchumstuk (and has passed away) |
loan: loan it to me njěyy' shaa dhindlah loan me your gloves |
borrow: |
botfly (caribou fly): |
bother: he's bothering it sh'éł nádájéhłaay that sound is bothering me sų́'ų wu'éł nách'ų́hłaay don't bother it |
bottom: it's bottom ALSO sole shkentsįįth keetl'aa the bottom of my moccasin |
