dáanaa

• (old orthography) dánah

From Chinook Jargon dála, from English dollar.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈtáː.nàː]^[2]

dáanaa

1. money
   • 1985, Jennie Thlunaut, edited by Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer, Haa Tuwunáagu Yís, for Healing Our Spirit: Tlingit Oratory, Juneau: Sealaska Heritage Foundation, published 1990, →ISBN, page 202:

     Aaa, yáa yeedadi ḵáawu dáanaa yaa ayakandláḵ. They spend it right away. Ha yéi sh kadulneek á yahaayí ḵudzitee dáanaa.

     Yes, people of today, as soon as they make the money they spend it right away. Well, they say money has a spirit.

   • 2019, James A. Crippen, The syntax in Tlingit verbs, Vancouver: The University of British Columbia, →DOI, page 70:

     Dáanaa x̱waatʼee.

     I found money.

2. dollar
   • 2010 May 18, Tlingit Conversation #15‎^[1], spoken by Yax̱duláktʼ [Lillian Austin]:

     Tléix' dáanaa gaaw x̱'áak yéi áyá x̱at wuduwaḵéi áa yéi jix̱waneiyí.

     They paid me $1.00 an hour for working there.

3. coin
   • 2009, Keri Edwards, Dictionary of Tlingit‎^[2], Juneau, Alaska: Sealaska Heritage Institute, →ISBN, page 79:

     Góon dáanaa een áwé kawduwat'íx̱' ax̱ jeeyís yá kées.

     This bracelet was pounded out of a gold coin for me.

4. silver (element)
   • 1973, Gillian L. Story, Constance M. Naish, editors, Tlingit Verb Dictionary‎^[3], Fairbanks, Alaska: Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc., page 106:

     dáanaa kawdooḵwáatl'ee tsu ilt'íx'x̱

     silver that has been melted solidifies again

5. silver (colour)