Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-ɣa̓Ɂ

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

Etymology

Cognate with Eyak -Xu’ (“hair, fur”). Compare also, perhaps, Tlingit x̲aawú (“body hair, fuzz”).

Noun

*-ɣa̓Ɂ

  1. hair

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -ghaʼ
    • Dogrib: eghà
    • Lower Tanana: -gho'}
    • Slavey:
    • Tahltan: -ɣaɁ
    • Tanacross: wux̲á'
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: -woʼ
    • Wailaki: -ɣɑ́ʼ
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 198
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