-qa

Related to the verbal subject prefix qe-. Compare also Navajo -ké, Ahtna -kaey, with a similar function and semantic range.

-qa

1. Pluralizes nouns referring to humans and dogs

   ‎łikʼa (“dog”) + ‎-qa → ‎łikʼaqa (“dogs”)

   ‎tʼada (“young woman”) + ‎-qa → ‎tʼadaqa (“young women”)

• Tenenbaum, Joan Marsha (1978), Morphology and Semantics of the Tanaina Verb, Columbia University, pages 66-67

-qa

1. Form of -kə after the vowels A / I / O / U.

• IPA^(key): /qa/

-qa

1. Used to mark the topic of the sentence.

   Llamataqa mikhuchichkanim.

   I'm feeding the llama.

   Karlusqa yachachiqmi.

   Carlos is a teacher.

• -ri