sdeʼ tʼaeni

Ahtna

Etymology

sdeʼ (“alternative form of tsʼedeʼ (“blanket”)”) + tʼaen (“he/she has it”) +‎ -i (nominalizer). Cogante with Lower Tanana ts'at'ana; in that language, the compound has been reanalyzed as a single word.

Noun

sdeʼ tʼaeni

  1. arctic grayling

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 148
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