trax
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹæks/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -æks
- Homophone: tracks
Noun
trax
- (slang, nonstandard) plural of track
French
An excavator
A backhoe
Noun
trax f (invariable)
- (Switzerland) excavator, digger (construction equipment)
- Synonyms: pelleteuse, excavatrice, pelle hydraulique, pelle mécanique hydraulique
- (Switzerland) backhoe, backhoe loader, loader excavator
- Synonyms: tractopelle, rétrocaveuse, chargeuse-pelleteuse, (Canada) pépine
Coordinate terms
- caveuse
- excavatrice (“excavator”)
- chargeuse (“loader”)
Further reading
Lower Tanana
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *čʷe̓ɣ. Cognate with Ahtna tsagh, Navajo -CHA, Dena'ina chegh.
Root
trax
- to cry
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reversitative | trex | trax | trex | trex |
| Durative | trex | trax | trex | trex |
| Momentaneous | trax | trax | trex | trax |
| Neuter | trex | trex | trex | trex |
| Customary | trex, trix | trex, trix | trex, trix | trex, trix |
Derived terms
- ch'edeltreghi ch'elik (“love song”)
- ch'edeltrex (“he is singing a love song”)
- etrex (“he/she is crying, mourning”)
- letreghenh (“crybaby”)
- letrex (“he/she is a crybaby”)
- toch'otreya (“red-throated loon”)
- trex (“crying, tears, grief”)
- trex ch'elik (“mourning song”)
- trex tu' (“tears”)
References
- Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 399-401