Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/neˑnʔ

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

  • *(nə-)nenʼ (Young and Morgan 1992)

Noun

*neˑnʔ

  1. face

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: -naenʼ
    • Dogrib: goįnì
    • Lower Tanana: -nan'
    • Tanacross: shnę́ę (first-person singular)
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: whiningʼ (first-person singular)
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Jicarilla: miinii (third-person singular)
    • Navajo: aniiʼ
    • Western Apache: bínii’

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 459
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