-tseya

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-tsəyeˑ. Compare Navajo acheii (“maternal grandfather”), Ahtna -tsiye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsʰəjæ/

Noun

-tseya (third-person possessed form betseya)

  1. grandfather
  2. spouse's grandfather

Derived terms

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 418
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