jega

See also: jėga and jēga

Livonian

Pronoun

jega

obsolete spelling of jegā

References

Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch

Lower Tanana

Alternative forms

jiga (Chena)
jege, jije (Toklat-Bearpaw)

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *giʼgə.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəkæ/, /t͡ʃəqæ/

Noun

jega (possessed form jega')

berry
nedats'e dent'ayi jega? ― what kind of berry is this?
blueberry

Derived terms

dodetl'edzi ch'ejege' (“chokecherry”)
jega tu' (“berry juice, wine”)
neɬteni ch'ejega' (“baneberry”)

References

Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 227