-dzegha'

Lower Tanana

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ǯəɣəʼ. Cognate with Navajo ajaaʼ, Ahtna -dzagheʼ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tzəɣæʔ/, /tzəʁæʔ/

Noun

-dzegha' (third-person singular possessed form bedzegha') (Minto-Nenana)

  1. ear

Derived terms

  • -dzexlesga (“eardrum”)
  • dzextl'uɬ (“earring”)
  • -dziyet (“inner ear”)
  • -dziyet'wzra (“earwax”)
  • -kachendzegha' (“radial sesamoid on ankle”)
  • -lochendzegha' (“radial sesamoid on wrist”)
  • nen' dzegha' (“mushroom”)
  • ts'udzeghi (“great horned owl”)
  • tso' dzegha' ts'iɬ'ani (“pyrola”)

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 170-171
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