Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/wa’

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

Root

*wa’

  1. to be gray

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: baa
    • Dogrib: dehbaa (“it is gray”)
    • Gwich'in: avee (“it is gray”)
    • Lower Tanana: bo, ba
    • Tanacross: delmaa (it is gray)
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: dilmaʼ (“it is turning gray”)
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 40
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