Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-aˑ

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

Postposition

*-aˑ

  1. for

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Dogrib: ha
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: ma (third-person singular)
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Navajo: (third-person singular)

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 128