Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
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help: she or he is helping me (with a task) shxaan ts'į́' yint'áath she or he helped me cut it up xe'édáldek they rushed to help him or her (for example after an accident) |
aid: |
ailment: SYN sickness, disease |
disease: SYN ailment, sickness |
sickness: SYN ailment, disease ts'iik t'ishíłáak I am ill, sick |
alike: alike, similar niłk'eh similar to each other niłk'eh eltsįį they look alike |
moss:ALSO algae |
alert (aware): be on alert, be ready for the unexpected |
algae:ALSO moss "Moss" is the more usual meaning of "dlaat" |
alder: alder k'aaz tsets dry alder or willow branches |
alive: she or he is alive SYN live |
all (objects): all xunelt'êey iin ech'įh'aał you feed all of those people xuts'enelt'eh all of us xunts'enelt'eh ts'į́' n'éł nayits'aa'áał we all will eat with you |
all (time): all day dzeen uudíh nts'é t'índę'ę? what do you do all day? neexon dú' teddh uudíh ts'ahteets. as for us, we sleep all night. |
almost: k'áhjiîl t'êey koth t'íshíłáak I almost caught a cold again. |
only: êy shę́ę' only that êy shę́ę' unindiih take only that one ts'éhłêg shę́ę' only one sąąy dendeh sąąy xúnłęę there are only men around |
alone: alone SEE only shih shę́ę' I am alone dishę́ę' éedah she or he lives alone kón' k'ée éedah someone home alone |
alongside: besides, next to shk'eddh didhindah sit beside me SYN beside shax k'eddh saa t'âagh didhindah sit in the shade next to the house |
beside: next to, besides menh k'eddh łóoghihhaał I am walking around beside the lake. dóo iin nk'eddh dixdéltth'ih? who all is sitting next to you? SYN alongside |
also: SYN too díi chíh nį́h'ęh? what else do you see? díi chíh eyninthenh? what else do you want? k'á' chíh natelshíik chích'ah too, also ishndah deh chích'ah dendeey iin ehts'iik people are sick at my workplace too êy chíh chích'ah le' that one too |
enough:ALSO alreadyk'ôd xúu' shęę' that is enough |
