-yega'

Compare Ahtna iggeʼ. Related to yex (“house”) and yega' (“down, below”).

• IPA^(key): /jəkæʔ/, /jəqæʔ/

-yega'

1. in a downward direction, below

Appears as -yex in combination with other terms.

• ch'eyegayi tlak (“undergarment”)
• tth'iyega' (“at home”)
• tth'iyega' xwt'ana (“local Dene people”)
• xeɬdiyex (“early in the morning”)
• xwyeghi (“marmot”)

• -enyege (“windpipe”)
• kayex (“village”)
• yega' (“down, below”)
• -yeget (“at a place down below”)
• -yegw (“in a general area down below”)
• yex (“house”)
• -yexdot (“throat”)
• yuyge' (“incorrectly”)

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 467