Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/tɬʼʊχ

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

  • *ƛʼʊx̣ (Kraus 1979; orthographic difference only)
  • *tl'ʊgh (Kari 2024)

Noun

*tɬʼʊχ

  1. grass

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: tlʼogh
    • Dogrib: tłʼo
    • Lower Tanana: tl'wx (“sedge”)
    • Tanacross: tlʼox
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 195
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