tsʼeyh

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *čʼʷiˑxʸ.

Noun

tsʼeyh (Mentasta)

  1. birchbark canoe

Usage notes

This term is primarily used in the Mentasta dialect; in other dialects, it sometimes appears as kʼey tsʼeyh but has been replaced by cenuu, from English canoe.

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 410
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