dengi

Ahtna

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian де́ньги (dénʹgi), from a Turkic source.

Noun

dengi

  1. money

Lower Tanana

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dənək, with the addition of the inanimate suffix -i. Cognate with Ahtna dencʼih, dencʼii and Navajo dį́į́ʼ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dənki/, /dənqi/

Numeral

dengi (Minto-Nenana)

  1. four things

Derived terms

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 121