Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
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compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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animal: a mammal (for example, fox or rabbit) nahkaay wounded animal |
angry: he's angry
sts'į́' ts'ani'elt'eh | ||||||
antlers:ch'edé' antlers ALSO horn dendîig dé' moose antlers ch'edé' théth velvet on antlers |
anyone (whoever): neeshax dóo t'êey kó́l there's nobody at home |
anything: anything díi t'êey ch'e le' anything at all |
apart (separated): it is apart |
apparently: it appears to be that way xúu' k'éxúltsįį deh ch'e nach'ih'âadl I ate at a place like that one |
resemble:eltsįį n'ěeg' nts'é éltsįį? what does your shirt look like? nts'é ná'éltsįį? what does it look like to you? shos gaay łaan yíi łii k'e'elts̨įį a bear cub resembles a dog |
arctic ground squirrel: SYN ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) |
April: |
appear: |
apple (dry): |
approach: shetth én' etthet ts'į́' t'êey yitsį́' xáhtseyh she or he is sweeping the snow away as he/she approaches him/her |
ground squirrel: SYN arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) |
are: |
area:xt'een area ndée xt'een inłęę? where (what area) are you from? Dihthâad xt'een ihłęę I'm from Mansfield |
region: |
argue \cl: we are arguing with each other łedaxdetxąą they picked an argument with each other medatdédhihmáak I argued angrily with him or her |
arm: my arm shtth'íil' my forearm shgaantthį́į' 'under part' of my upper arm |
smell: I smell it imperfective paradigm
ndée ts'enh ch'e łet ts'ehtsen? | ||||||
