Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/qaˑ

Proto-Athabaskan

Alternative reconstructions

  • *qa (Young and Morgan 1992)

Etymology

Compare Eyak yALqa (“dawn”).

Root

*qaˑ

  1. A classificatory stem for objects in an open container
  2. (with the *yə-thematic) to dawn

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: kaa
    • Dogrib: edaèhka
    • Koyukon: kko
    • Lower Tanana: ko
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: sixa꞉n (a filled container lies), etc.
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Navajo: -KĄ́ (via the extended form *qa-nʸ)
    • Western Apache: -kaa

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 294
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 305
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