Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/kʸaɣ

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

  • *kaˑɣ (Kari 2024)

Etymology

From a pre-Proto-Athabaskan form *kaʼx̣ʷ.

Root

*kʸaɣ

  1. to be big, large

Stem set

  • kʸaɣ represents the absolute stem; the comparative stem is reconstructed as *kʸʊɣ̇ or *kʸʊx̣ʷ; compare Lower Tanana chox and chwx.

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: caax, cogh
    • Carrier: -čo
    • Chipewyan: -cho
    • Dogrib: nechà, netsà
    • Lower Tanana: chox, chwx
    • Slavey:
    • Tanacross: chox
    • Tsuut'ina: chū
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: nikya:w ('it is big')
    • Wailaki: -kyak, -kyáɣ
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 611
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 89
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