Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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| By creation daterise: rise!, get up! (from sitting or laying down) dég déníltsiit get up (lift yourself up) |
ripe (berries): |
ripples: ripples made by fish swimming near surface of water |
ring (jewelry): |
river cutting: the river bank is eroding |
steal: he or she is stealing (something) náhts'įįth éeł ts'enh ch'ene'íiyh wolverine steals from traps needhíh'įį I stole it ch'eneedhíh'įį I stole something |
Robertson River: |
robin: (Turdus migratorius) |
roll:ch'ukeg almeth a ball is rolling niłkedalmeth it is turning over and over (like a wheel) ihtth'aax I am rolling it up yehtth'aax She or he is rolling it up |
rock ptarmigan: (Lagopus mutus) |
rosehip: \de |
rot: it is rotting ghįhjet it rotted, is rotten |
turn: he is turning, it back forth niłk'edihhuuth I am turning it inside out niłkedalthek it is turning around (rotating, turning over, swiveling around) déktáatth I turn, twist it (faucet, handle, etc.) dédhektáath I turned it (faucet, handle, etc.) |
roof: |
root digger: tool for digging roots |
rose (wild rose): LITERALLY 'thorn leave' (Rosa acicularis) |
rotten spruce: |
rough (uneven): it is rough, uneven wuk'et xdetgú'u it has pock marks on it |
round whitefish: (Prosopium cylindraceum) |
round-the-world man:yaamaagh telch'eegh |
