Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/x̣ʊ-

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

  • *qʊ- (Leer 2005)
  • *x̣uˑ- (Kari 2024)

Etymology

Related to the areal suffix *-quʼ and the particle *quʼ. See the latter entry for more details.

Prefix

*x̣ʊ-

  1. An areal prefix, used in many daughter languages as a subject and object pronoun for areas and locations, and in impersonal constructions such as describing weather.

Descendants

  • Northern Athabaskan:
    • Ahtna: hw-, ko-
    • Koyukon: hʉ-
    • Lower Tanana: xw-, xu-
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
    • Hupa: xo-
    • Wailaki: ki-
  • Southern Athabaskan:

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 312
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 213
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