Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/wə-ǯəxʸ

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

  • *be-dzəxʸ (Kari 2024)

Etymology

Compare Tlingit watsíx.

Kari also compares the Dena'ina root jay (“quadruped runs”)

Noun

*wə-ǯəxʸ

  1. caribou

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: udzih
    • Dena'ina: vejex
    • Gwich'in: vadzaih
    • Lower Tanana: bedzeyh
    • Sekani: dze'zi
    • Slavey:
    • Tanacross: wudzih
    • Tsuut'ina: dzazi, dzázī
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 129
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 171
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