Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/ʔaˑ

Proto-Athabaskan

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ʔanʸ (Young and Morgan 1992, nasalized perfective)

Root

*ʔaˑ

  1. to handle a compact object

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: ʼaa
    • Babine-Witsuwit'en: ʔa
    • Dogrib: ɂa
    • Koyukon: ʼo
    • Lower Tanana: 'o
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: saʼa꞉n
    • Wailaki: ʼaŋ
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Navajo: -ʼĄ́
    • Western Apache: -ʼa

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 51
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