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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman

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habit : yexnílts'et he habituated to it coffee exnílts'et ts'į́' k'á ldîil étdí́igh   coffee became a habit and he doesn't drink tea

hack : ihdzonh I am hacking it (forcefully so that small pieces fly away) Refers to using a sharp instrument to rapidly cut something dekkeyh I am hacking, chopping it

hail : ch'inłuut ALSO blueberry (unripe berry) ch'inłuut e'ehchąą it is hailing

hair : wuxá'  it's hair, fur shtthixá'  my hair (of my head) tthiixá' ts'eeg xúnłęę  long hair shtl'exxá'  my pubic hair

half : ch'exaan naa shí' ts'enh ch'exą́ą' wutl'ághų́hchuut de'  give him or her half of the food

halo (around sun or moon) : kelahdziimiil solar halo gheldzeey nakech'etneet'eyh there is a lunar halo SYN ring

hammer : ch'iitth'ed

hand : shinłá'  my hand shinlat'aag  back of my hand

handicapped : ts'idint'eh handicapped person, animal sháath handicapped, hobbled by old injury shaath nłęę he is handicapped SYN crippled

handkerchief : k'onit'êey SYN bandana

handle : wutį̌į'  its handle xetl tį̌į'   sled handlebars

handsome : This refers specifically to 'face'. It is injih to say that someone is pretty or handsome ninsųų he is handsome ALSO pretty

hang : naghint'eyh it is hanging eek dádzełdíhłeeyh  I am hanging up coats

happen : nts'é' xútshaak  what happened? nts'é t'ítshaak?  what happened to you?

happy : shaa xunsųų  I am happy about it

hard (surface) : detgek jah wuk'et detgek  this surface is hard

hard time : shaa xéxúntsáath I am having a hard time

hardship : méxúntsaaddh  hardship shaa medaxdíitsáath  it's difficult for me to pronounce that

hare : gah SYN rabbit (Lepus americanus)

harlequin (duck) : ddheł tox dets'énn' \de (Histrionicus histrionicus)

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