Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/qʊy

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

  • *Kʉy (Leer in Young & Morgan 1992; perhaps an orthographic difference only)
  • *Kʉghʸ, *Kʷɨy (Leer in Young & Morgan 1992)

Noun

*qʊy

  1. vomit

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: koy
    • Dogrib: naeko, nako, naxaeko
    • Lower Tanana: kwyh
    • Tanacross: koyh
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 129
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