-tthi'
Lower Tanana
Alternative forms
- -tli' (Toklat-Bearpaw)
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tsiʼ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tθʰiʔ/
Noun
-tthi' (third-person singular possessed form betthi') (Minto-Nenana, Chena)
Derived terms
- nebox tthi' (“war chief”)
- tthibo (“over one's head”)
- -tthichiyet (“top of the head”)
- tthidzax (“pitch hair ointment”)
- tthighaɬ (“beaded hair bun”)
- tthigho (“hair of the head”)
- -tthighon' (“brain”)
- tthitlwx (“hair oil”)
- -tthitth'ena' (“skull”)
- tthi'oɬ (“pillow”)
- tth'itu' (“major river”)
- -tthi' eba (“to have a headache”)
- -tth'utthi' (“nipple”)
- tthizruya' (“comb”)
- xwtthi' (“leader, boss”)
References
- Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 448