Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/-tsuˑyə

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

*-tsuˑyə

  1. man's grandchild

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -tsuuye
    • Dogrib: gokwi
    • Lower Tanana: -tthuya, -tluya
    • Tanacross: shtthûuy (first-person singular)
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: whitso:y (first-person singular)
  • Southern Athabaskan:

Alternative reconstructions

  • *tthuˑyeˑ (Kari 2024)

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 83
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 450
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