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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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umbilical cord

:
ts'enîin ts'ǐig' audio

twenty

:
łdíikeey detaan audio

twice

:
łdíikeey audio

twig

:
tth'êy audio dry spruce twigs or branches

uncle

:
Different words are used depending on whether the person is mother's or father's brother.
shee'eh audio my mother's brother
shtâay audio my father's brother
stsêey audio my maternal great uncle (grandmother's brother)

unbelievable

:
dandîil
dandîil chíh nadhegts'iik audio  I can't believe I'm sick again.

uncomfortable

:
tsedadint'eh audio  it is uncomfortable, inappropriate
shkentsį̌įdh' ntsûudl éł shaa tsedadint'eh audio my moccasins are small so they are uncomfortable for me

under

:
t'aagh audio
łii deshax t'aagh eedah audio the dog is sitting under its house

underarm

:
shk'éhts'ax audio my underarm

underneath

:
dashekts'ęy audio

underwear

:
ch'et'aathedl audio long johns
ch'et'aa'eek audio undershirt
ch'etl'a'eeg audio bloomers, slip, skirt

underwater

:
teex audio  underwater
teex aameeł audio he is swimming underwater

unforgettable

:
k'á méxútaldá́agh audio  it is unforgettable

unique

:
k'á wuk'eh xultsí́iyh audio  it is rare, unique

undress

:
na'it-'et audio  undress, take your clothes off
nkentsį̌įdh' shíi xádíl'eetth audio  take off you shoes

upriver

:
yandée' audio a place up river (distant)
yandíi audio direction upriver
yandíi Tok dhihdah audio I live up in Tok (said, say, in Fairbanks)
yandîidz audio from upriver (distant)
yandîidz ghihkeeł audio I'm returning (by boat) from upriver

up

:
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.
yanděg' audio upward, inland (distant)
Tats'áltęy ts'enh yanděg' Dihthâad ts'į́' tęy xúnłęę audio there is a trail up to Mansfield from Tanacross
shxatthídóg audio up above me
shxatthídóg ts'į́' dlêg de'ihtth'ek audio I hear a squirrel up above me
yaadóg audio area upward or inland (distant)
wudzih yaadóg teyh k'et ah'és audio up on a distant hill there are caribou moving around
děg' audio in an upward direction
děg' ni'ínhaayh audio get up
yatthíiděg' audio going up above
yatthíiděg' tęy xúnín'ah audio a trail goes up (into the mountains)

unoccupied

:
kón' k'ée audio
kón' k'ée łâanyíi níníhshaay gee!, I arrived at an unoccupied house

unpack

:
xach'ihłeeyh audio I am unpacking it, taking things out

unskilled

:
ts'axtnildęę audio unskilled person

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