Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/ɢɑy

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

  • *ɢaɣʸ, ɢa̓ɣʸ (Young and Morgan 1992)
  • *ɢaˑy (Kari 2024)

Root

*ɢɑy

  1. to be white

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: ggay
    • Dogrib: degoo (“it is white”)
    • Lower Tanana: gwyh
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: łiqay (“it is white”)
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Navajo: -GAII
    • Western Apache: łigai (“it is white”)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 195
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 190
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