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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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pick up

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Different words are used depending on what kind of object is being handled or if more than one object is handled.
nidihdlah audio I picked them up (more than one of any object)
perfective paradigmaudio
ni'idhíhdlah nidzíidlah
ni'idhíndlah ni'idháhdlah
nidéedlah nixiydíidlah


The plural forms below imply that more than one person is picking up a single object, not that each person is picking up an single object.
nidih'ąą audio I picked it up (a compact, solid object)
perfective paradigmaudio
nidíh'ąą nidzíi'ąą
nidín'ąą nidáh'ąą
niyidín'ąą nixiydíi'ąą

niditąą audio I picked it up (something long and skinny, like a pencil)

perfective paradigmaudio
nidíhtąą nidzíitąą
nidíntąą nidáhtąą
niydíitąą nixiydíitąą

nidihkąą audio I picked up it (something in a container, like a water jug)

perfective paradigmaudio
nidíhkąą nidzíikąą
nidínkąą nidáhkąą
niydíikąą nixiydíikąą

nidekchúuth audio I picked it up (something flat and flexible, like shirt or a book)

perfective paradigmaudio
nidekchúuth nidzihchúuth
nidįhchúuth nidahchúuth
niydihchúuth nixiydihchúuth

nidektęę audio I picked up it (a living animal or person, like a puppy or an infant)

perfective paradigmaudio
nidéktęę nidzíhtęę
nidį́htęę nidáhtęę
niydíhtęę nixiydíhtęę

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