deneyhxw

Lower Tanana

Lower Tanana numbers (edit)
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Things: dengi, denk'i, dench'i
    People: deneyhna
    Ways: deneyhxw
    Adverbial: deneyhde

Etymology

Equivalent to dengi (“four”) +‎ -xw (“number of ways”). Compare Ahtna denesxu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tənəçxʊ/, /tənəçχʊ/

Adverb

deneyhxw

  1. in four ways, four directions

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 581
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