Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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look: she or he is looking mikah xnįh'ęh look for it jâan nįh'ęh look at this SEE see |
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) |
look like: |
see:nek-'ęh I see (it) imperfective paradigm
perfective paradigm
díi nį́h'ęh? | ||||||||||||
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 |
lots: SYN many, much see 'many' for examples |
lopsided: |
loud: it is loud |
many: many, lots (of something) wudzih ndlâan nek-'ęh I see lots of caribou SYN lots, much ndlâan iin many people, lots of people xtíitl gha ndlâan iin nindeetl lots of people came for the potlatch xindlą́ą there are many (people) Fairbanks xt'een iin xghindlą́ą there are lots of Fairbanks area people |
lungs: my lungs |
lynx: (Lynx canadensis) |
louse: |
love: I love him/her shaa nts'į́į' she or he loves me |
much: |
matches: ALSO fire |
May: |
me too: shint'ah, ihsųų me too, I'm fine |
