Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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| By creation datedwelling: SYN house See 'house' for various kinds of dwellings. |
house: house, modern house shshax my house nshax your house Note that the form for 'someone's house' does not follow the usual pattern because [ -x ] at the end does not change to [ -gh' ] and the word does not have a rising pitch SYN dwelling Traditional houses ch'elaats'eyh shax spruce bark house dlaat shax moss covered house niimaal shax traditional skin house |
excess: |
exchange: |
exercise: I am exercising imperfective paradigm
SEE train | ||||||
train: he trained him (teaching him physical skills, stamina, endurance) SEE exercise |
father-in-law: my father-in-law ALSO grandfather |
fatigue: |
fatten: |
feasible: |
possible: SYN maybe |
maybe: SYN possible kadándé' Dihthâad ts'į́' tíhhaał súle' maybe I'll go to Mansfield tomorrow |
feeble: |
fetch: |
fine: |
finish: finished, that's it, all done SEE used up |
fire (a gun): |
fishing (activities):nach'ekłóx I'm fishing (with a hook) imperfective paradigm
łuug dhekłóx | ||||||
flats: |
flee: |
