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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

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

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shoe : nondlêed kentsįįth modern shoes kentsįįth shoes ALSO slipper, moccasin

side : wuts'ęy dists'ęy taghinhaał walk on this side wusts'ęy taghinhaał walk on this side (the outside) of the trail

skinny : nelgęyh he, she or it is skinny ALSO dry ehts'iik dą́'ą ts'enh nelgęyh he or she is skinny because he or she was sick

sleeve : shmǎad' my sleeve shmǎad' xanektąą I'm rolling up my sleeves

stumble : SEE trip

snort : sha'eh'ąą wudzih sha'eh'ąą a bunch of caribou are making noise, snorting

take away : SEE deprive

surface : kaag  surface of something wukaa inłeeyh  spread it on the surface

sun : saa xesadin'ąą it is sunny saa dintl'ak'eddh kón' déhken' sundog xasaaghin'ąą sunrise nasaghin'ąą sunset

thimble : sits'u'âay ssits'u'âay sínt'eh  that's my thimble

toward : ts'į́' toward, to ts'éhxeh kón' ts'į́' éedah   the woman is sitting toward the fire

thread : ch'eninhuuth you thread it łóx ndú' ch'énínhuuth  thread the fish hook

abdomen : stsǎadl' my abdomen SYN belly

valuable : SEE expensive

unison : SEE together

abandoned (village) : kón' k'ée an old, uninhabited village ALSO campsite, empty (house)

a : There is no word in Tanacross that corresponds to English 'a' or 'the'. Rather, whether a specific or non-specific thing is meant comes from the context.

about : gha yaniidą́'ą gha nuh'éł naxghogdeg I am telling you all about long ago

abdominal lining (fat) : ch'echąąshǔ' fat around moose stomach

abrasive : ch'et-ts'iits

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