benh

See also: bệnh

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *wən ~ bən. Related to the verbal root ben. Cognate also with Ahtna ben and, more distantly, with Navajo -BĮĮD (“to fill”).

Noun

benh

  1. lake

References

  • James Kari, Lower Tanana Athabaskan Listening and Writing Exercises (1991)
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 72
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