tanasro'iltayhde

Lower Tanana

Etymology

ta- (“water”) +‎ no- (“back”, reversionary) +‎ sro (“sun”) +‎ l- (classifier, passive) +‎ tayh (momentaneous imperfective stem of the root ta (a classificatory root for animate nouns)) +‎ -de (“a specific time”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰænæʂɔʔiltʰæçtə/

Noun

tanasro'iltayhde

  1. December
    Synonym: tach'enatht'onh
  2. winter solstice

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 345
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