Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/čʼʷiˑxʸ

This Proto-Athabaskan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Athabaskan

Alternative reconstructions

  • *chʳʼixʸ(Kari 2024)

Noun

*čʼʷiˑxʸ

  1. (birchbark) canoe

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: tsʼeyh
    • Dogrib: tsʼi
    • Lower Tanana: tr'iyh
    • Tanacross: ts'eyh

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 128
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 410
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