Tanacross Learners' Dictionary


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vagina
    wutsénn' audio her vagina, birth canal

vain
    dach'á'él'ęh audio she or he is vain

valley
    ch'etl'aa audio also canyon, headwaters

valuable
  see expensive

valuable (useful)
    maa de'ihtsí'i something valuable, something I value
    wuk'adekt'eyh it's valuable, I depend on it

vanish
  see disappear

varied thrush
    taatl'ia (lxoreus naevius)

variety
    niłch'á'éltsiin xúnłęę audio there are a variety of different things

vegetation
    nah'ôg nesheegh audio

vehicle
  syn car
    natet-łeg audio

veins
    wuch'ųųdh' his veins

velvet (on antlers)
    ch'edé' théth audio
    noxłuu tah xuudé' théth ehgį́įyh ts'į́' xa'ech'ek audio in the fall the velvet on their antlers dries and it falls off

very
Words may be translated as 'very' or 'really'.
    łą́'ą t'êey audio
    łą́'ą t'êey dihtsįį audio I am very hungry
    łoot'ée' audio
    łoot'ée' łéech'aak xúnłęę audio it is very muddy
    łoot'ée' xníik'aath \au it was very cold

vibrate
  see shake

village
    keey audio
  syn settlement
    keey k'ée xúghinłé' deh ts'axnih'ę́ę' audio we saw an old village site

visible
    mexdínt'ęę audio it is visible

visit
    shtlęę sh'éł éedah audio my friend is visiting me
    shundaagh neegha ninshah audio my older brother visited us

visitors (guest)
    soojee audio
    xeltthaan audio

voice
The same word is used for voice and throat.
    shthéeg' audio my voice also throat

voice box
    shchǒl' audio my voice box
  syn Adam's apple, larynx

vole
  see mouse

vomit
    koyh audio vomit
    na'etkoyh audio she or he vomited



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