'an
Lower Tanana
Etymology 1
From Proto-Athabaskan *ʔeˑn therefore cognate with Navajo -ʼĮ́Į́ʼ, Ahtna ʼaen.
Root
'an
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | 'iyh | 'anh | 'iɬ | 'an' |
| Durative | 'anh | 'an' | 'iɬ | 'an' |
| Neuter | 'anh | 'an' | 'iɬ | 'an' |
| Customary | 'iyh | 'iyh | 'iyh | 'iyh |
Derived terms
- anhdi (“and also, as well”)
- begoya ch'il'ani (“female caribou”)
- beyi xotr'edenel'iyi (“mirror”)
- beyi xwnel'ani (“binoculars”)
- bukoyit'an' (“there is a hole in it”)
- ch'adil'ani (“male black bear”)
- ch'udal'anh (“he/she hints something”)
- det'anh (“to do, happen, act, behave”)
- do'it'anh (“what are you doing?”)
- doxwt'anh (“to do, happen, act (xw-gender)”)
- nel'anh (“it seems”)
- noyat'an' (“it is visible direclty downward”)
- noɬto' 'anh (“hunting”)
- noɬto' le'anh (“he/she is hunting”)
- nuɬ'an (“he/she should look at it”)
- srotil'ilą́ (“to underperform”)
- tsin'anh (“thanks”)
- tth'iyitht'an' (“it is directly in view”)
- xunaɬ'iyh t'ox (“shade”)
- xwghot'anh (“it (area, location) is visible”)
- xwghwyat'an' (“it is visible through an opening”)
- xwniɬ'anh (“he/she looks in/at an area”)
- yedoɬ'iɬ (“he/she watches it move”)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Athabaskan *ʔeˑŋ therefore cognate with Navajo -ʼĮĮD, Ahtna ʼaen.
Root
'an
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuter | 'anh | 'an' | 'iɬ | 'an' |
| Reversitative | 'ix | 'an' | 'ix | 'ix |
Derived terms
- -'oɬtsin t'anenh (“brother-in-law”)
- koxt'ana (“person”)
- koxt'anayi (“Athabaskan peoples”)
- soɬt'an (“woman”)
- t'anh (“he/she has”)
- ts'at'ana (“arctic grayling”)
- tso' choga' ts'iɬ'ani (“dry crooked spruce”)
- tso' dzegha' ts'iɬ'ani (“wintergreens”)
- xedoch'exwdeɬ'ighenh (“teacher”)
- xedoch'exwyhdol'ixde (“lesson”)
- xul'anh (“he/she is pretending”)
- xwdoxwdel'ighenh (“student”)
- xwdoxwdel'ix (“he/she is learning”)
- xwt'ana (“people of a place”)
- xwt'anh (“he/she has an area, a house”)
References
- Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 36-43