-tthena'

Lower Tanana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tθʰənæʔ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *tsən (lowlands).

Alternative forms

Directional

-tthena' (Minto-Nenana, Chena)

  1. toward a body of water, down toward water
Derived terms
Lower Tanana directionals
Basic meaning Adverbial Allative Locative Areal Ablative Side of
upstream, back na'a -n'a -nit -nixw na'ats'e, -nits'e -nits'ena
downstream -de'o -dot -doxw -dots'e -de'ots'enh, -dots'ena
upland nega', neget -nga', -nga -nget, neget -ngw -nga'ts'e -nwxts'ena
lowland -tthena' -tthit -tthigw tthents'e -tthits'ena
up dega' -dega' -deget -degw dwxts'e dwxts'ena, -dwxts'enh
down yega' -yega', -yga' -yeget, -yge -yegw -ygets'e yexts'enh
beyond odenh, ode -'ena' -'ot -'ogw -'ots'e -'ots'ena
ahead ntha', neth -ntha' -nthet' -nthegw -nthats'e nttha' ts'ena
across non' -nona' -not -nogw -nots'e -nots'ena, -nots'eni

Etymology 2

From -tthen' (flesh).

Noun

-tthena'

  1. vagina

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 446