Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-ɣuɁ

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

Noun

*-ɣuɁ

  1. tooth

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -ghuʼ
    • Dogrib: eghòò
    • Lower Tanana: -ghu'
    • Slavey:
    • Tanacross: shx̲ú'
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: whiwoʼ (first person singular)
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Jicarilla: miiwoo (third-person singular)
    • Navajo: awooʼ
    • Western Apache: iwoo

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 129
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