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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman

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macaroni : gah ts'ǐig' LITERALLY 'rabbit guts'

mad : SEE angry

maggot : nindáayh nindaagh

marshhawk : gah daaxeeł northern harrier (Circus cyaneus) nah daax marsh hawk

marten : tsûug (Martes americana)

marvel : SEE amazed

marrow : wushǎagh'  its marrow

marry : yundíik  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) : jah dée' sųų (do it) in this manner, this way

Mansfield : Dihthâad Mansfield Village Ch'enaa Ndêdh old Mansfield Village Dihthâad Xt'een Iin Mansfield People

Mansfield Hill : Mesiin Tsiits'iig

March : Ch'eshǎan' Sǎa' \de LITERALLY 'eagle month'

man : The Tanacross word can refer to a man in particular or a person in general depending on context dendeh man, person dendeey men, people tsiil young man, older boy ch'etey old man

magpie : saxatnę́y tsaxatndiik (Pica pica)

mallard (duck) : t'aay chox (Anas platyrhynchos)

mammal : nûun nûun ká'ehá'  he is hunting LITERALLY 'he is fetching animals'

measure : xech'udehsá' he is measuring it mech'unéedhék-'ąą  I am measuring it, sizing it up

mean : medats'axdihthen sínt'eh 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 man : deshen SYN shaman

shaman : deshen SYN medicine man

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