Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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| By creation dateancestors: SYN forefathers wuts'enh xáts'áltsįį we are descended from them |
forefathers: SYN ancestors |
antlers:ch'edé' antlers ALSO horn dendîig dé' moose antlers ch'edé' théth velvet on antlers |
horn: ALSO antlers |
anus: my anus SYN rectum |
rectum: my rectum SYN anus |
appear: |
arctic ground squirrel: SYN ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) |
ground squirrel: SYN arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) |
ashes (chew): birch fungus ashes ALSO punk |
punk (fungus):ALSO ashes birch fungus ashes |
auger:ch'ed snowshoe awl SYN awl |
awl: an awl ch'ed snowshoe awl ALSO auger |
aurora: SYN northern lights |
northern lights: SYN aurora |
autumn: SYN fall (season) noxłuu xúnłęę it is autumn |
fall (season): noxłuu xúnłęę it is fall time noxłuu tah dendîig de'ukah nats'elsíix in the fall we hunt for moose SYN autumn nén' tenh k'ědz' falltime |
blackberry: SYN crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) |
crowberry: SYN blackberry (Empetrum nigrum) |
blouse:ALSO shirt |
