Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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| By creation datetiptoe: she or he is walking on tiptoes kech'ídhekts'ék I am standing on tiptoes |
tobacco: chewing tobacco lasgih chěnn' tobacco pouch or container |
toboggan: |
today: today |
Tok River: |
tomorrow: tomorrow |
toenail: my toenail |
toe: my toe shkelaachétth my big toe |
tough: it is tough shí' detch'ét the meat is tough dįhteyh it is tough, can not be broken |
together (group): nił'éł náyits'u-'aał let's eat together |
touch: I touched it
yekedélttheyh | ||||||
tonsil: |
top: top ddheł tthiit'aag mountain top |
torment: she or he is tormenting him, her or it |
torso: my torso |
tongue: my tongue |
tonight: teddh dé' tahsháatth tonight it will snow |
track: I am tracking it (animal) dendîig natelkáax he or she is tracking a moose |
toward water: area toward water (distant) yaatthúg dendîig ah'es moose are walking around down by the river na'atthûug tuu níihąą toward the water it flooded yaatthîiz from the water, lowlands (distant) yaatthîiz nanihshah I came back from Tanacross (said in Mansfield) yaatthén' down toward the water (distant) yaatthén' naxtétdeetl they went back down that way |
trap: trap ts'íitsiy éel' steel trap dechenh éeł deadfall trap ní'éełníhłeeyh I am trapping, setting traps maa ní'éełts'éłeek tl'âan wuthédh' én' dzełeek we set traps for the furs and sell the skins |
