tl'ot
Lower Tanana
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tɬʼaˑ. Cognate with Ahtna -tlʼaʼ (“butt, rear, rump”).
The Proto-Athabaskan form lacks -t, and this form still appears in many compounds.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɬʼɔt/
Noun
tl'ot
- (areal noun) rear, posterior of, bottom of, headwaters of a stream
Derived terms
- -besrtl'ot (“inner cheek”)
- -entl'obets (“cheeks”)
- -entl'otth'ena' (“cheekbone”)
- k'atl'ox, k'atl'o, k'atl'ot (“at the bottom of”)
- -katl'oxyi (“sole of boot”)
- taxtl'o (“bottom of body of water”)
- -tl'ochi (“stern”)
- tl'odhtoni (“caribou corral”)
- tl'odok'e (“ridge at the top of a hill”)
- tl'oghenh, xetl'oghenh (“afterwards, next, then, after”)
- tl'onekoni (“needle”)
- tl'otenenh, xwtl'otenenh (“lastborn child”)
- tl'oth (“seat of pants”)
- -tl'otlwga' (“dregs”)
- -tl'otthen' (“buttocks”)
- xwtl'ot (“headwaters”)
References
- Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 393-395