sénʼ

Tanacross

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *sə̓w̃ʼ. Cognate with Navajo sǫʼ and terms in many other Athabaskan languages.

Noun

sénʼ

  1. star

References

  • Chris M. Cannon (2021), Northern Dene Astronomical and Sky-related Knowledge: A Comparative Anthropological Study, Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks, page 238