goɬ

Lower Tanana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔɬ/, /qɔɬ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɢaˑɬ, and therefore cognate with Ahtna ggaał. Apparently contains the instrumental noun suffix -ɬ, but has no corresponding verbal root.

Noun

goɬ

  1. snare for catching small game

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɢaˑɬ, formed from the ancestor of Lower Tanana yo (“a singular subject goes”), with the addition of an early form of the gh-progressive prefix and the -ɬ instrumental suffix.

Noun

goɬ

  1. gait, speed, running ability

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 183
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