Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/quʼ

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

Within Athabaskan, related to the areal prefix *qʊ-. Within the broader Na-Dene family, related to Eyak qiʼ (“place where”), Tlingit qu- and [script needed] (ʔὰɢaˑ).

Prefix

*quʼ

  1. so; thus; in this/that way, place, or time; then

Descendants

As an independent particle

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: xuʼ
    • Chipewyan: (ʔε)kú
    • Gwich'in: ʔakʼò
    • Lower Tanana: exw, wxw
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: xo’ch

Derived terms

  • *-quʼ (see there for further descendants)
  • *qʊ- (“areal prefix”)

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 312-313
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 197, 213-214
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