Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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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? | ||||||
armpit: my armpit |
aroma: |
around: shax kendah tedhíhshah I was going around the house wughandah around it wughandah nach'enehtl'ų́' she or he sewed around it jah shghendah didédhaltth'ih you all sit here around me shxghendah ch'ekô1 there is nothing around me |
arrive: she or he arrived perfective paradigm
ndée dą́'ą jah nininshah? | ||||||
arranged (settled): it is arranged, settled tsá' nixunin'ąą beaver arranged his house nts'ogh ndáa ch'e nixunin'aan? how in the world did you do this? |
