Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/tɬeˑqʷʼ

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

  • *tłeKʼ (Young and Morgan 1992)
  • tłeːqʼ (Leer 2010)

Etymology

Leer argues for a pre-Proto-Athabaskan form *tłeːqʷʼ, while Kari interprets the labialization as present in the PA form.

Root

*tɬeˑqʷʼ

  1. a classificatory stem for mushy matter (MM)

Stem set

Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
ASP ? *tɬeˑqʼ ? ?
Progressive *tɬʊX-ɬ — — —

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: tlaekʼ
    • Gwich'in: tłik
    • Koyukon: tlaakk
    • Lower Tanana: tlak
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: ya’winłiqʼ
    • Wailaki: łik’
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 563
  • Jeff Leer (2010), “The palatal series in Athabascan-Eyak-Tlingit, with an overview of the basic sound correspondences”, in Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska: The Dene-Yeniseian, Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, page 171
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 385
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