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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

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

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macaroni : gah ts'ǐig' LITERALLY 'rabbit guts'

mad : SEE angry

maggot : nindáayh nindaagh

magpie : saxatnę́y tsaxatndiik (Pica pica)

make : Different Tanacross words are used for making one or more than one thing. yehtseyh he is making, building, constructing it imperfective paradigm ektseyh its'ehtseyh įhtseyh ahtseyh yehtseyh xiyehtseyh \tb dhektsįį ts'ehtsįį dhįhtsįį dhahtsįį yíhtsįįxiyíhtsįį shax xahtseyh he is making, building a house yíhtsįį she or he made it Making more than one thing yinxąą he made them ALSO kill (several) perfective paradigm perfective paradigm ghihxąą ts'inxąą ghinxąą ghahxąą yinxąą xeyinxąą yexąą he is making them k'įį tth'áak xéxąą they are making baskets

mallard (duck) : t'aay chox (Anas platyrhynchos)

mammal : nûun nûun ká'ehá'  he is hunting LITERALLY 'he is fetching animals'

man : The Tanacross word can refer to a man in particular or a person in general depending on context dendeh man, person dendeey men, people tsiil young man, older boy ch'etey old man

manner (way) : jah dée' sųų (do it) in this manner, this way

Mansfield : Dihthâad Mansfield Village Ch'enaa Ndêdh old Mansfield Village Dihthâad Xt'een Iin Mansfield People

Mansfield Hill : Mesiin Tsiits'iig

many : ndlâan many, lots (of something) wudzih ndlâan nek-'ęh I see lots of caribou SYN lots, much ndlâan iin many people, lots of people xtíitl gha ndlâan iin nindeetl lots of people came for the potlatch xindlą́ą there are many (people) Fairbanks xt'een iin xghindlą́ą there are lots of Fairbanks area people

March : Ch'eshǎan' Sǎa' \de LITERALLY 'eagle month'

marmot : k'ąąy (Marmaota caligata) SYN ground hog

marrow : wushǎagh'  its marrow

marry : yundíik  he married her k'ôd niłxútdíik  they are already married xuht'ęę  I am married Fairbanks tah ts'axunt'ęę  we are married and make a home in Fairbanks

marshhawk : gah daaxeeł northern harrier (Circus cyaneus) nah daax marsh hawk

marten : tsûug (Martes americana)

marvel : SEE amazed

mat : téeł ALSO mattress, rug, bedding

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