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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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dhindlah audio you keep (it)
jâan dhihdlah audio I am keeping this one
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kǎay' audio keepsake, memento from a potlatch
SYN souvenir ALSO gift, present
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tsúugaay eldîil audio  American kestrel
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Saagéscheeg audio Ketchumstuck Village
Yaadóg Xt'een Iin audio Ketchumstuck people LITERALLY 'inland area people'
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ldîil tiił audio ALSO teapot
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meldlíi' audio
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mekédhekkéyh audio  I kicked it (once)
sheké'ehkéyh audio  she or he kicked me
yeké'éhkeyh audio she or he is kicking it (repeatedly)
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sts'edz audio my kidney
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Slightly different words are used when referring to kill (one) or kill (more than one)
dhehxęę audio kill (one)
dendîig ts'edhehxęę audio we killed a moose (just one)
ghinxąą audio kill (more than one)
wudzih ts'inxąą audio we killed caribou
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SEE relative
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teejuh ch'uunęy audio kind, thoughtful person
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k'ent'eey audio  a kind or type of something
keechotl k'ent'eey sínt'eh audio this is a kind of mukluk
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tsets dintsuudl audio
ch'elasées audio
dekjáayh audio  I am making kindling
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taach'aa \de (Ceryle alcyon)
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naniłxnelts'ú' audio they're kissing each other
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tthee łedeknęyh audio I am knapping rock
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shgót audio my knee
stsídahgót audio  my kneecap
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xnigótdhek-'ah audio I am kneeling
imperfective paradigmaudio
xnigótdhék-'ah xnigót-ts'aah-'ah
xnigótdhį́h-'ah xnigótdháh-'ah
xnigót-'áah-'ah xnigótxáah-'ah
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seey audio
seey tthí' audio table knife
seey saagh audio curved knife (for snowshoe making)
meetsel audio fish cutter, ulu
seey tsêdl audio pocket knife
ch'iijeey audio fleshing knife
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ch'ihtl'uh audio  I am knitting
éth íhtl'uh audio I am knitting a dipnet

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