Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/yaˑ

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

Etymology

Cognate with Eyak ya:-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɑː/

Noun

*yaˑ[1]

  1. sky

Descendants

  • Proto-Apachean:
  • Northern Athabaskan
    • Ahtna: yaa
    • Babine-Witsuwit'en: ye
    • Beaver: yaa
    • Carrier: yaah
    • Chipewyan: yaa, ya
    • Dena'ina: yuqʼ
    • Dogrib: ya
    • Deg Xinag: yo
    • Gwich'in: zhee
    • Holikachuk: yo
    • Kaska: yā
    • Koyukon: yo
    • Lower Tanana: yo
    • Tanacross: yaa
    • Sekani: yaa
    • Upper Tanana: yaa
    • Upper Kuskokwim: yokokʼ
    • Slavey:
      • North Slavey: ya
      • South Slavey: ya

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 82
  • Chris M. Cannon (2021), Northern Dene Astronomical and Sky-related Knowledge: A Comparative Anthropological Study, Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks, page 475
  1. ^ Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 92
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