Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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| By creation datemurky: liquid is murky, thick (e.g. muddy water, gravy) łeech'aak tanát-t'uut mud is thick, murky najalt'enh it (weather) is murky (due to fog, ice fog, smoke) |
muscle: |
push: I am pushing it
én' mé'éktset | ||||||
mukluks: ch'edzaathéth keech'ótl caribou legging mukluks |
naked: she or he is naked |
narrow: narrow, long also long dzenh wuché' dínts'eeg muskrat has a narrow tail |
mushroom: a mushroom (any kind) ch'enę̌yy' tthishǔuz' cap of a mushroom łuudh nę̌yy' yellow or light brown mushroom t'aath nę̌yy' King Bolete mushroom (red headed mushroom) (Boletus edulis) k'įį nę̌yy' birch bolete (black headed mushroom) (Leccinum scabrum) |
mustache: my mustache |
mute: mute person |
nail: |
necklace:ch'ink'ón' dentalium necklace |
neck: my neck |
muskrat: muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) níhts'îil muskrat food (watermilfoil) (Myriophyllum spicatum) dzenh kę̌ę' muskrat lodge dzenh tsědz' muskrat tunnel |
needle (for sewing or making things): sewing needle éth wu'éł éhtl'uun dipnet needle ulsûud a needle for sewing cloth natl'és tl'ankaan needle for beading natnatk'ąąy three cornered needle kâay tl'ankaan three cornered needle (?) |
net (fishnet): |
nettles: stinging nettles |
never: k'á t'êey xú' tdíndí́il you can never say that |
new: a new thing, something newly made |
nine: |
nipple: my nipple |
