Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/tsʼənʔ

Proto-Athabaskan

Alternative reconstructions

  • *-tšʼən (Leer 2005)

Postposition

*tsʼənʔ

  1. to, toward

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: tsʼenʼ, tsʼeʼ, dzeʼ
    • Dogrib: gotsʼǫ̀
    • Lower Tanana: ts'en', -ts'en'
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: (first-person singular) whichʼingʼ
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 313
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 433