Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/cʼuˑ

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

*cʼuˑ

  1. teat, milk

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: tʼuuʼ
    • Dogrib: etʼòò, gotʼòò, tʼòò
    • Lower Tanana: tth'u, tl'u
    • Tanacross: ch'et'úu' (“breast milk”)
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: whits’o:’ (first-person singular)

References

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