eɬ bega' k'ah dent'ayi

Lower Tanana

Lower Tanana numbers (edit)
 ←  1,000  ←  2,000 1,000,000 (106)
    Cardinal: eɬ bega' k'ah dent'ayi

Etymology

From eɬ bega' (“spruce needles”) + k'ah (“like, as”) + dent'a (“it is”) +‎ -i (inanimate suffix). Literally, “it is like spruce needles”.

Numeral

eɬ bega' k'ah dent'ayi

  1. one million
  2. billions, countless

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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