Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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| By creation dateneighbor: neighbors |
nephew: my nephew or niece (man's) |
nest: its nest |
nibble: I am nibbling (on something) ch'eshǎaddh' k'et xoksók I am nibbling on bone marrow |
night: |
nightmare: I had a nightmare |
news: maa xdek xúnłęę there is news about it (something happened) naa dendeh xdek éł neghaninshaay sínt'eh that man arrived with news |
next door: next door nâan iin ch'e na'ashěg' déltth'iiy they live next door |
noise: a pounding noise nah'óg' ts'į́' xdeldón' díi ch'étnęy? what is that making noise out there? shaxeh'ąą noise is being made (by a group, crowd) aatthûug ts'į́' shaxeh'aan xúh de'ihtth'ek I hear people making noise xédáxdetdéyh something is making noise xdel'uutl noise of moving, bumping objects |
no reason: for no reason, for nothing shée' t'êey nat'ihdaag sit'íhdę'ę I'm just walking around, for no reason |
nod: I nodded my head nâan ts'į́' tthí'ít-'aak motion to him, nod your head at him |
none: none, no one dendeey kól there is no one (here) |
Northway Village: |
nose: my nose shinchědl' bridge of my nose minjîidz its nose cartilage |
nostril: my nostril |
no-see-um: xołgodz |
noon: dzeen tl'êd |
northern pike: (Esox lucius) |
nothing: nothing, no one shxghendah ch'ekó́1 there is nothing, no one around me ts'iidee nothing at all ts'iidee ntl'ádhékchuud há' I have nothing to eat to give you |
not yet: k'á tth'ihtah ihshá́ddh it didn't snow yet |
