Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/ts̆ʷa̓ˑnʼ

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

  • čʷa̓ˑnʼ (Krauss 1979)
  • Kari (1990) gives the initial consonant as /chʷ/, which is presumably an orthographic difference
  • kʲʷaˑnʼ (Kingston)
  • *chʳaˑnʔ (Kari 2024)

Noun

*ts̆ʷa̓ˑnʼ

  1. excrement

Descendants

  • Southern Slavey:
    • Ahtna: tsaanʼ
    • Dogrib: tsǫ̀
    • Lower Tanana:
    • Slavey:
    • Tanacross: tsą́ąʼ
  • 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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