kwn'

From Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ. The verbal root may or may not be etymologically identical to the noun.

• IPA^(key): /kʰʊnʔ/, /qʰʊnʔ/

kwn' (possessed form kwna')

1. fire
2. firewood
3. matches

• dink'a kwna' (“gunpowder”)
• kwn' dadhtonh (“campfire”)
• kwn' dakwth (“falling star”)
• kwn' thoya' (“ashes”)
• kwn' ts'ila' (“spark”)
• kwn' tu' (“whiskey”)
• naxkwna' (“pupil of eye”)

kwn'

1. to be clear, bright

• niɬkwn' (“it is clear”)
• toneɬkwn' (“the water is clear”)
• xwniɬkwn' (“the sky cleared, it got bright”)

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 246-247