Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-laˑ

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

*-laˑ

  1. hand

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -laʼ
    • Beaver: ęlaaʔ
    • Dogrib: doilą, dolą
    • Lower Tanana: -lo'
    • Tanacross: shinł̲á' (first-person singular)
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: whilaʼ (1st person singular)
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

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