Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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adult: |
adequate: that's adequate |
adhere: it is adhered to it |
admire: she or he admires him/her/it shaa dint'eh I admire him or her |
admonish: |
adopt: he adopted him, raised him yetnelsheex she is raising him |
advise: I advised him or her shde'intth'ek nts'į́' xghuhhá'a listen to me because I am giving you advice |
adze: old-time stone adze |
afraid: she or he is afraid imperfective paradigm
sų́'ų nuljed | ||||||
then: then nee'eł ghindah gha tl'âan natetshah he visited us and then went home êy tl'âan tédhíhshah after that I left êy gha tl'âan and then |
after (following a person): łii gaay yik'eh aahaał the puppy is following him/her |
after (in time): |
placenta: literally 'with the child ' SYN afterbirth |
afterbirth: SYN placenta |
after a while: in a while (in the future) k'adíidé' tâatihdaał after a while I'm going home |
again: těyy' xú' dínih say it again |
afternoon: also twilight |
twilight: also afternoon |
ago: a short while ago k'adídą́'ą nach'ih'áatl ts'į́' k'á díhtsí́in I just ate a while ago so I'm not hungry k'adîidą́'ą a while ago k'adîidą́'ą nach'ih'áatl ts'į́' k'ôd dihtsįį I ate a long while ago so I'm hungry |
ahead: shttheh ahead of me łii gaay yittheh aahaał the puppy is walking ahead of him/her |
