tʼaen

From d- (classifier) +‎ ʼaen (“neuter imperfective stem of the verbal root ʼaen (“to have”)”).

tʼaen

1. to have, possess

   kʼaʼ tʼaen ― he/she has a gun

   kʼaʼ stʼaen ― I have a gun

   cʼenatsʼetʼaen ― we have something unspecified again

This verb is most often used in the Mentasta dialect.

• hwtʼaene (“people of a place”)
• kotʼaen (“to have a dwelling, be married”)
• sdeʼ tʼaeni (“arctic grayling”)

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 87