daɬ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dal"

Lower Tanana

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *deˑɬ, and therefore cognate with Navajo dééł, Ahtna daeł. Related to the verbal root datl (plural objects go).

Noun

daɬ

  1. sandhill crane

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 114

Etymology 2

Stem

daɬ

  1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:
Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Momentaneous datl (plural go) yo (grow) datl (plural go)
yo (grow)
Durative datl (plural go) datl (plural go)
yo (grow)
datl (plural go)
yo (grow)
Onomatopoeia datl (plural go) datl (plural go) datl (plural go) datl (plural go)