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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

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

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mosquito : tth'êy

more : těey'

morning : k'áhmén' morning k'á k'áhmén' xúułé́ey it's not morning k'áhmén' dé' tomorrow morning k'áhmén' dé' Fairbanks ts'į́' natihdaał I am going back to Fairbanks tomorrow morning k'áhmén' dą́'ą this (past) morning k'áhmén' dą́'ą xesaghin'ąą this morning it was sunny

Mount Neuberger : Naaxęy Xú' SYN Tanacross Mountain LITERALLY 'frog tooth'

mother : shnąą my mother náa'  mommy

mother-in-law : Tanacross has different words for a man's versus as women's mother-in-law stsųų my mother-in-law (man's) shkę́y' wunąą  my mother-in-law (woman's)

mouth : shthaa my mouth taacheeg river mouth

Tanacross Mountain : SYN Mt. Neuberger Naxęy Xú' LITERALLY 'frog tooth'

mountain : ddheł mountain(s) łuu ddheł mountain range, snow or glacier covered mountain(s) ddheł tthiit'aag mountain top xdaagh  area above tree line, alpine tundra

mountain pass : teth

mouse : teltsêdz mouse (general term) ché' ndeedh mouse with long tail tsudaakeey  shrew

mush dogs (drive dogs) : naxetltihtiik I am driving a sled

move (object) : deltheeyh it (compact object) is moving, in motion naa tuutiił stádénín'aay move the cup there! naa tuutiił nanénį́htsiit move the cup aside! SEE push, carry

move : nindah he or she moves, travels with household goods, travels nomadically Anchorage ts'enh Fairbanks tah ninihdah I moved from Anchorage to Fairbanks stanindah she or he moved away naxtetndeek they are moving from place to place ghihndeł I am traveling around (with my family and possessions) ya'ehaak she or he is moving about, always on the go

murky : tanát-t'uut  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 : wutth'ee'

push : me'ektset  I am pushing it imperfective paradigm me'ektset yits'ehtset me'įhtset me'ahtset yi'ehtset xiye'ehtset én' mé'éktset  I am pushing it away ndêddh me'ektset  I am pushing it forward

mukluks : keech'ótl ch'edzaathéth keech'ótl caribou legging mukluks

naked : ch'ut-'ehdenh she or he is naked

nap : SEE doze

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