betʼah

Chipewyan

Etymology

Cognate with Tsuut'ina mitʼah (“inside it”) and Navajo bitʼah (“in an enclosed space”)

Postposition

betʼah

  1. inner side (e.g. of a garment or jar)

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 250.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 522
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