Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
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compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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| By creation datefamine: SYN starvation |
starvation: SYN famine detsenh ts'enh xghinłaak they died of starvation |
fast (quick): xen ghegtthet I am running fast SYN quickly |
femur: my femur, thighbone SYN thighbone |
thighbone: my thighbone SYN femur |
firewood: ALSO wood |
fishing tools: dipnet various parts of a dipnet have their own name éth dámaadh frame of dipnet éth tį̌į' handle of dipnet tedenin'aay thin willow stick used as 'fish detector' in 'eth' tehmíił fishnet, gillnet yi'éł nách'éhłôgh fishing pole tiigóg' fish spear xtsiił fish weir, fish fence tedh'aan fish trap tedh'aan dzeey' fish trap funnel dahdzeł fish drying rack ch'e'es fish stringer meetsel fish knife SYN ulu wu'eł ch'ettsol fish baling pole |
flesh:wutthį́į' its flesh |
flint: ALSO obsidian |
obsidian: ALSO flint |
food: ALSO meat xkéen' snacks, rations ch'ekéen' ég'ęh my rations |
foot: my foot ALSO paw shkeet'aag top of my foot shkeetl'áa' sole of my foot shkeetétl heel of my foot |
paw: it's paw ALSO foot |
forbidden: SYN taboo łą́'ą ch'e injih xendiix it true that they say it is forbidden sú'u xú' duníi, injih ha' don't say that, it's taboo |
taboo: SYN forbidden |
frogberry: SYN nagoonberry (Rubus arcticus) |
nagoonberry: SYN frogberry (Rubus arcticus) |
fry:ekt'éeth I'm frying it imperfective paradigm
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fungus (black birch): |
firedrill: |
