Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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awl: an awl ch'ed snowshoe awl ALSO auger |
aurora: SYN northern lights |
northern lights: SYN aurora |
aunt:shaak'ey my aunt (mother's sister) stsųų my aunt (father's sister) also grandmother |
avoid (keep away): wuch'á' énn' xedilda' stay away from him |
autumn: SYN fall (season) noxłuu xúnłęę it is autumn |
fall (season): noxłuu xúnłęę it is fall time noxłuu tah dendîig de'ukah nats'elsíix in the fall we hunt for moose SYN autumn nén' tenh k'ědz' falltime |
away: away from dendîig yich'á' sta'itdetth the moose ran away from him ya'én' away, over there (distant) ya'én' tíhhaał I'm going down that way (toward , say, Copper Center from Tanacross) teth na'âaz menh dehtaan sixúnt'eh there is a lake on the other side of that hill |
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axe: an axe ch'ín'êy tį́į' axe handle |
awake (conscious): she or he is awake |
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infant: SYN baby |
baby: SYN infant ch'egaay baby animal |
rawhide stripes: SYN babiche |
babiche: ALSO spruce roots SYN rawhide stripes ch'enxet thin snowshoe webbing |
back (of the body): my back shinxǎan' my upper back SEE spine |
baby strap: |
bachelor: |
