Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/tɬəšʷ

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

  • *tɬʼəshʳ(Kari 2024)

Etymology

Compare, perhaps, Tlingit ḵutl'kw (“mud”).

Noun

*tɬəšʷ

  1. slime, mud

Usage notes

Appears in compounds in many daughter langauges.

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: tlʼes, betlʼes
    • Chipewyan: hatłʼés
    • Dogrib: ehtłʼè
    • Lower Tanana: tl'esr
    • Tanacross: ch'etl'ěey'
    • Tsuut'ina: gútłʼìs
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 128
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 392
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