naaxęy jêg
syn frogberry (Rubus arcticus)
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nagoonberry
naaxęy jêg
syn frogberry
(Rubus arcticus)
nail
ch'etsǒl'
naked
ch'ut-'ehdenh
she or he is naked
name
(person)
The same Tanacross word includes English
'something is named' and 'something is called'
shuusí'
my name is
nts'é nuusi'?
what's your name?
shtá' Charley miisí'
my father's name is Charley
mighinsí'
his or her name was
stsey Charely mighinsí'
my grandfather's name was Charley
see call
nap
see doze
narrow
dints'eeg
narrow, long
also long
dzenh wuché' dínts'eeg
muskrat has a narrow tail
Native
see Indian
navel
syn belly button
sts'uuk'ée
my navel
near
aaxáh
ntlęę aaxáh dídhíndah
you're sitting near your friend
shaaxáh
near me
maaxáh dídhíhdah
I am sitting near him, her, it
nearly
see almost
neck
shk'oth
my neck
necklace
then senélshaay
any kind of necklace
ch'ink'ón'
dentalium necklace
needle
(for sewing or making things)
tl'ankaan
sewing needle
éth wu'éł éhtl'uun
dipnet needle
ulsûud
a needle for sewing cloth
natl'és tl'ankaan
needle for beading
natnatk'ąąy
three cornered needle
kâay tl'ankaan
three cornered needle (?)
neighbor
aashěg' deltth'îiy iin
neighbors
nephew
shhaaz
my nephew or niece (man's)
nest
ch'et'ox
its nest
net
(fishnet)
tehmíił
nettles
gųų xǒz'
stinging nettles
never
k'á t'êey
k'á t'êey xú' tdíndí́il
you can never say that
new
k'ah dú' éltsiin
a new thing, something newly made
news
xdek
maa xdek xúnłęę
there is news about it (something happened)
naa dendeh xdek éł neghaninshaay sínt'eh
that man arrived with news
next door
na'ashěg'
next door
nâan iin ch'e na'ashěg' déltth'iiy
they live next door
nibble
wuk'et xoksók
I am nibbling (on something)
ch'eshǎaddh' k'et xoksók
I am nibbling on bone marrow
nice
see good
night
teddh
nightmare
ts'étthínegthét
I had a nightmare
nine
niłk'eden wuk'et
nipple
sht'uutthí'
my nipple
no
This word can mean 'stop it', 'no', 'don't do that', but is not
used in answer to a question.
éna'
éna' dedíhnih
I said 'no'
nudehket dé' k'á éna' díndí́il
if he asks you, you can't say 'no'
also don't, stop
see not
no reason
shée' t'êey
for no reason, for nothing
shée' t'êey nat'ihdaag sit'íhdę'ę
I'm just walking around, for no reason
nod
tthi'ish-'aak
I nodded my head
nâan ts'į́' tthí'ít-'aak
motion to him, nod your head at him
noise
xdeldón'
a pounding noise
nah'óg' ts'į́' xdeldón' díi ch'étnęy?
what is that making noise out there?
shaxeh'ąą
noise is being made (by a group, crowd)
aatthûug ts'į́' shaxeh'aan xúh de'ihtth'ek
I hear people making noise
xédáxdetdéyh
something is making noise
xdel'uutl
noise of moving, bumping objects
none
kól
none, no one
dendeey kól
there is no one (here)
noon
dzeen taandîidz
dzeen tl'êd
northern lights
yadíimeey
syn aurora
northern pike
uljaaddh
(Esox lucius)
northern shrike
jîiz maay
syn shrike
(Lanius excubitor)
Northway Village
K'ehtthîig
nose
shintsįį
my nose
shinchědl'
bridge of my nose
minjîidz
its nose cartilage
no-see-um
ch'etjog
xołgodz
nostril
shindíig
my nostril
not
This word cannot occur by itself but is used with verbs to
indicate that the action, event or condition is not so.
k'á
not, never
k'á ndíhtthé́g
I cannot hear you
k'á éhchá́an
it is not raining
k'á Tok na'íhhá́al
I did not go to Tok
dendeh k'á ts'ani'elt'êegh sínt'eh
that person never gets angry
not know
lé'e
I don't know, something or other
teddh dą́'ą díi gha lé'e ná'ihté'e
last night I was dreaming of something
not yet
k'á tth'ihtá́h
k'á tth'ihtah ihshá́ddh
it didn't snow yet
nothing
ch'ekó́l
nothing, no one
shxghendah ch'ekó́1
there is nothing, no one around me
ts'iidee
nothing at all
ts'iidee ntl'ádhékchuud há'
I have nothing to eat to give you
November
Demee Sǎa'
literally 'sheep month'
now
k'ah dú'
numb
iithų́ų'
it is numb
nurse
(person)
ch'ek'ánehtá'a
nurse, caregiver
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