dalbi

Lower Tanana

Etymology

Apparently from the verbal root bo (“to be gray”), with a reanalyzed vowel in the verb stem. Cognate with Koyukon dolbaaye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tælpi/

Noun

dalbi

  1. gosling

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 79
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