Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-quʼ

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *-quˑ (Leer 2005)

Etymology

From *quʼ (“so, thus, then”). See there for more.

Leer suggests the existence of an alternate form of the suffix, tentatively reconstructed as *-x̣ʷ, that appears in directionals such as Ahtna -ʼaaxe and Lower Tanana -yegw (see -gw).

Suffix

*-quʼ

  1. An areal suffix
  2. With numerals and quantifiers, forms adverbs referring to way, kind, type, place, or direction.

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -xu
    • Babine-Witsuwit'en: -xʷ
    • Carrier: -h
    • Chipewyan: -ú
    • Dena'ina: -x
    • Gwich'in: -x
    • Koyukon: -xʊ
    • Lower Tanana: -gw, -xw
    • Slavey: -gú
    • Tsuut'ina: -gù
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Navajo: -go
    • Western Apache: -go

Derived terms

  • *lἀx̣-quʼ
  • *qʊ- (“areal prefix”)
  • *quʼ (“so, thus, then”)

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 312-314
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