Tanacross: Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman

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mattress

téeł

ALSO bedding, rug, mat

mat

téeł

ALSO mattress, rug, bedding

marvel

SEE amazed

make

Different Tanacross words are used for making one or more than one thing.
yehtseyh

he is making, building, constructing it
imperfective paradigm

ektseyh	its'ehtseyh
įhtseyh	ahtseyh
yehtseyh	xiyehtseyh

\tb dhektsįį ts'ehtsįį dhįhtsįį dhahtsįį yíhtsįįxiyíhtsįį
shax xahtseyh

he is making, building a house
yíhtsįį

she or he made it
Making more than one thing
yinxąą

he made them ALSO kill (several)
perfective paradigm

perfective paradigm

ghihxąą	ts'inxąą
ghinxąą	ghahxąą
yinxąą	xeyinxąą

yexąą he is making them
k'įį tth'áak xéxąą they are making baskets

mad

SEE angry

louse

SEE lice

much

SEE many

many

ndlâan

many, lots (of something)
wudzih ndlâan nek-'ęh

I see lots of caribou
SYN lots, much
ndlâan iin

many people, lots of people
xtíitl gha ndlâan iin nindeetl

lots of people came for the potlatch
xindlą́ą

there are many (people)
Fairbanks xt'een iin xghindlą́ą

there are lots of Fairbanks area people

lots

ndlâan

SYN many, much
see 'many' for examples

look like

SEE resemble

see

Words for 'see' and 'look' are the same.
nek-'ęh

I see (it)
imperfective paradigm

nek-'ęh	ts'eneh'ęh
nįh'ęh	nah'ęh
yineh'ęh	xiyneh'ęh

perfective paradigm

nek-'ę́'	ts'eneh'ę́'
nįh'ę́'	nah'ę́'
yineh'ę́'	xiyneh'ę́'

díi nį́h'ęh? audio what do you see?
ch'enasheg tah dendeh dendîig neh'ęh audio Down below the man sees a moose
nnek-'ęh audio I see you
shnįh'ęh audio you see me
SEE look

look

xneh'ęh

she or he is looking
mikah xnįh'ęh audio

look for it
jâan nįh'ęh audio

look at this
SEE see

padlock

ch'eldlíi'

SYN lock

lock

ch'eldlíi'

SYN padlock

render

The same Tanacross word is used to refer to liquefying other foods (such as berries) or for melting snow (to use).
ekchaats

I'm rendering it
ch'ek'ah ehchees

he is rendering fat
nadh'âay shíi shétth ékchees

I am melting snow in the bucket

liquefy

The same Tanacross word is used to refer to rendering animal fat.
echees

it is liquefying, rendering
Irene, ntl'ét nį́hchees

Irene, cook the cranberries (to liquefy them).
shétth denadh'aay shíi xéhchees

they melt snow in a bucket

rope

tl'uuł

rope, line
SYN line
tl'uuł natnełeek

she or he is carrying a rope
tl'uuł mintl'á' ts'enh xanat-ts'eth

rope slipped out of his or her hand
tl'uuł dinekcheth

I am tying a rope
tl'uuł dinek-tsón'

I am tying rope tightly
tl'uuł k'enéldox

the rope broke
tl'uuł nétxots

rope is coiled

line