k'wy'

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *qʼa̓yʼ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʼʊjʔ/, /qʼʊjʔ/

Noun

k'wy'

willow

Derived terms

ch'elok'wy' (“Labrador tea”)
k'oladitayi (“pussywillow catkin”)
k'ololiga' (“pussywillow bud”)
k'olojusr (“Salix arbusculoides”)
k'otth'eba (“willow ptarmigan”)
k'wy' dleyh (“dry diamond willow”)
k'wy' tloye' (“tumbleweed lichen”)
K'wy' Tl'o Ts'ena (“Koyukuk River region”)
k'wy' ts'ila' (“willow sprouts”)
k'wy' zrusr (“narrowleaf willow”)

References

Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 266