srex

Lower Tanana

Alternative forms

  • zex (Toklat-Bearpaw)

Etymology

From the verbal root zrex (“hook, snag, acute angle”). Based on cognates, instrumental noun suffix -ɬ was once present, but has since been lost.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʂəx/, /ʂəχ/

Noun

srex (Minto-Nenana)

  1. gaff hook

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 503
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