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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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snort

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

take away

:
SEE deprive

surface

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

sun

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

thimble

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

toward

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

thread

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

abdomen

:
stsǎadl' audio my abdomen
SYN belly

valuable

:
SEE expensive

unison

:
SEE together

abandoned (village)

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

abdominal lining (fat)

:
ch'echąąshǔ' audio fat around moose stomach

abrasive

:
ch'et-ts'iits audio

above

:
Tanacross uses the same set of words to refer to above (vertically) and inland (away from water, especially away from the Tanana River). See Directionals.
yandóg audio distant area above, inland, or over there
nandóg nearby area above, inland, or over there
yandóg dashée' teyh tée'ah audio there is a hill above here
shtthíit'aag audio above me

accompany

:
mee'u'egtón' audio I am accompanying him or her
nee'u'egtón' audio I am accompanying you, I am on your side
n'éł tihdíił audio I will do that with you

according to

:
gha audio
xutnęy gha sítnih audio according to what he said

blame

:
yits'į́' xédadénį́htset audio she or he blamed him or her
yits'į́' xédaxdénį́htset audio she or her blamed him or her

accuse

:
SEE blame

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