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Ahtna

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Ahtna
tsii
root
This word refers to the act of creating or crafting one single item, or alternatively, identifying one's matrilineal heritage.

“C'e tsii.”

He or she is making something.

Also means
  1. to make a singular object
  2. to be descended from a matrilineal clan

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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tsiic
root
A word used to describe the earthy red or yellow pigment, the color yellow, or the act of writing.

“Tsiic da'el.”

He is writing with ochre.

Also means
  1. ochre
  2. to be or turn yellow
  3. to make a mark, write

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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tsiił
stem
This is a grammatical stem used within specific verbal constructions in Ahtna.

“Tsiił.”

A verbal stem.

Also means
  1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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tsiin
root
Describing someone or something that is solid, thick, or well-built.

“Tsiin tsiin.”

He is very stocky.

Also means
  1. to be meaty, hefty, stocky

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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tsiis
noun
A natural earthy pigment ranging in color from yellow to deep orange or red. It is often used for decoration or coloring.

“Tsiis niłtth'i.”

The ochre is being mixed.

Also means
  1. ochre

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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tsiit
stem
This is a verbal stem used in specific Ahtna root, aspect, and mode combinations.

“tsiit”

This is a verbal stem.

Also means
  1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations
  2. Verbal stem

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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tsiix
stem
This is a verb stem used in specific grammatical root, aspect, and mode combinations.

“Dzén tsiix dáłtsen.”

He made the daily verb stem.

“tsiix”

This is a root stem for verb conjugation.

Also means
  1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations
  2. Verbal stem

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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tsiinʼ
stem
This is a verbal stem used in specific grammatical root, aspect, and mode combinations in Ahtna.

“tsiinʼ”

Verbal stem

Also means
  1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations
  2. Verbal stem

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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tsiitlʼ
noun
This noun refers specifically to snow that has settled and is lying on the ground.

“tsiitlʼ yita”

There is snow on the ground.

Also means
  1. snow on the ground

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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tsiitlʼ zoghi
noun
A machine or tool used for clearing snow from surfaces.

“tsiitlʼ zoghi deltsen.”

He is making a snowplow.

Also means
  1. snowplow

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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hwtsiił
noun
A structure built to cross over a river or a barrier.

“Hwtsiił ch'e'i.”

The bridge is built.

Also means
  1. bridge
  2. fishweir

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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-entsiis
noun
This word refers to the part of the face used for breathing and smelling.

“dentsiis”

your nose

Also means
  1. nose

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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nałtsiis
noun
A wolverine is a medium-sized mammal that lives in the wild.

“Nałtsiis nela' dze'e.”

The wolverine is in the forest.

Also means
  1. wolverine

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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nałtsiis keʼ
noun
Another name for the coltsfoot plant.

“Nałtsiis keʼ neli.”

It is a coltsfoot.

Also means
  1. coltsfoot

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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udzih dastsiigi
noun
Another term for the lichen known as reindeer moss.

“Udzih dastsiigi k’e udzih nadadeł.”

The caribou are feeding on the reindeer moss.

Also means
  1. reindeer moss (Cladonia rangiferina)
  2. reindeer moss

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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ubede tsʼiʼitʼuutsʼi
noun
A type of fox that has a dark stripe across its back and shoulders.

“ubede tsʼiʼitʼuutsʼi tsiin.”

The cross fox is running.

Also means
  1. cross fox

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Ahtna
kuʼiineʼAppears in an example
noun
A form used to show possession of backbones by a third-person plural group.

“kuʼiineʼ tsii.”

Their backbones are strong.

Also means
  1. third-person plural possessed form of -iineʼ

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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hwluuggeʼAppears in an example
noun
This is the possessed form referring to the fish belonging to a group or a specific area.

“Hwluuggeʼ tsii ggaay.”

That is their fish.

Also means
  1. third-person plural/areal possessed form of łuux
  2. their/its fish

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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