Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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| By creation dateshirt: shirt, blouse eek shirt, dress, coat ch'et'aa eek undershirt dlaat eek shirt |
babiche: ALSO spruce roots SYN rawhide stripes ch'enxet thin snowshoe webbing |
rawhide stripes: SYN babiche |
baby: SYN infant ch'egaay baby animal |
infant: SYN baby |
backbone: my backbone shnehts'ųų my spinal cord SYN spine |
spine: my spine shnehts'ųų my spinal cord SYN backbone |
bandana: SYN handkerchief |
handkerchief: SYN bandana |
bannock: SYN frybread |
frybread: SYN bannock |
bashful: she is bashful SYN shy imperfective paradigm
ts'éhxeh gaay unétshąą | ||||||
bat (for hitting): SYN club |
club: dechenh xěl' wooden club SYN bat wudzih dé' xéł caribou antler club (hit) dechenh xěl' éł yéhxeł she or he clubbed it with a club xuu'éch'éhtl'eth he clubbed, beat them |
beach: SYN shore |
shore: SYN beach menh mâagh lake shore |
beak: its beak SYN bill ALSO chin |
bill (bird): it's bill, beak SYN beak ALSO chin |
chin: my chin ALSO beak, bill |
bear: bear (general term) shos sęy black bear (Urus americanus) ch'éliitthǒgh' brown bear SYN grizzly bear (Urus arctos ) |
