kwlą́yi

Lower Tanana

Lower Tanana numbers (edit)
0 1  → [a], [b] 10  → [a], [b]
    Things: kwlą́yi
    People: kwlą́nenh, kwlą́na, ch'ekelą́yi, ch'ekwlą́yi
    Ways: kwlą́xw
    Adverbial: kwlą́de, kwlą́

Etymology

xw- (areal prefix) +‎ la (“to exist”) +‎ -ą́ (negative enclitic) +‎ -i (inanimate noun)

Numeral

kwlą́yi

  1. zero, nothing
    Synonym: ch'ekwlą́yi

Noun

kwlą́yi

  1. that which is missing, absent

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 245, 581
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