kayex

Lower Tanana

Etymology

Equivalent to -ka' (“foot”) + -yex (“down, below”) or one of its relatives. Literally, “beneath the feet”. Cognate with Ahtna kayex, Navajo bikéyah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰæjəx/, /kʰæjəχ/, /qʰæjəx/, /qʰæjəχ/

Noun

kayex

  1. village

Derived terms

  • ch'ukayex (“store”)
  • kayex xwchwx (“town, city”)
  • -enyege (“windpipe”)
  • yega' (“down, below”)
  • -yeget (“at a place down below”)
  • -yegw (“in a general area down below”)
  • -yega' (“downward”)
  • -yexdot (“throat”)

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 468
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