Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/džʷeˑn

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

Etymology

From Proto-Na-Dene *gweːn.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃʷeːn/

Noun

*džʷeˑn[2]

  1. day

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ʒ̆ʷeˑn (Krauss 1979)
  • *dzhreːn (Leer 2010)
  • *dzʷeˑn (Alderete)
  • *dʒʷeˑn(e) (De Reuse)
  • *jʳeˑn (Kari 2024)

Descendants

  • Proto-Apachean:
    • Chiricahua: jį́
    • Navajo: jį́
    • Western Apache:
      Cibecue: jįįʼ
      San Carlos: jįįʼ
      Tonto: jį́į́
      White Mountain: jįį
  • North Athabaskan:
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:

References

  1. ^ Jeff Leer (2010), “The palatal series in Athabascan-Eyak-Tlingit, with an overview of the basic sound correspondences”, in Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska: The Dene-Yeniseian, Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, page 180
  2. ^ Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 91

Further reading

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 215
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 164
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