-ungha

Lower Tanana

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *uˑnəɣeˑ. Cognate with Ahtna -unghae, and possibly related to Lower Tanana -gha (“sibling-in-law”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /unɣæ/, /unʁæ/

Noun

-ungha (plural -ungha ina or -ungha'ina, third person possessed form bungha) (Minto-Nenana)

  1. older brother
  2. older male parallel cousin

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 195
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