Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
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compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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| By creation datebug (insect): general term for any kind of bug SYN insect ALSO worm, brushman, wildman kinds of bugs tehk'ąąy an orange and white bug that lives at the bottom of lakes, has and moves sideways. tehtsá'a water bug that can fly in the air ts'ąądihttheeg water bug, bloodsucker ts'aketl'aag a kind of bug or beetle |
wildman: Brush Indian. Bogeyman. People in stories that lived apart from society and were often intent in capturing children. SYN brushman ALSO bug, insect, worm |
brushman:gųų Brush Indian. People in stories that lived apart from society and were often intent in capturing children or women. SYN wildman ALSO bug, insect, worm |
yellow:deltthogh the yellow one deltthox it is yellow wuthéth deltthox its skin is yellow |
brown:deltthogh the brown one jâan eek deltthogh sínt'eh this is a brown coat deltthox it is brown ch'eliitthǒgh' déltthox grizzly bears are brown ALSO yellow |
soup: SYN broth |
broth: SYN soup |
bridge: ALSO fish weir yaanâan xtsiil kenin'ah a bridge crosses the water |
girlfriend: my girlfriend, boyfriend, companion LITERALLY 'the one I usually go around with' ALSO boyfriend |
boyfriend: my boy or girlfriend LITERALLY 'the one I usually go around with' ALSO girlfriend |
coffin: SYN casket ALSO box |
casket: SYN coffin ALSO box |
box: ALSO casket, coffin |
bottom: it's bottom ALSO sole shkentsįįth keetl'aa the bottom of my moccasin |
edge: menh mâagh ło'aahaał he's walking along the edge of the lake ALSO border |
border: border or edge (of something) wumâagh nanettl'uun sínt'eh it is sown along the edges ALSO edge |
paper: ALSO book |
book: ALSO paper |
swamp: swamp, muskeg, area of soft ground SYN bog |
bog: SYN swamp |
