ts'eba

Lower Tanana

Etymology

Partially from the Proto-Athabaskan *wa’ (“to be gray”), which also appears in deba (“sheep”). Cognate with Dena'ina ch'bala and Ahtna tsʼabaeli (“spruce”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsʰʼəbæ/

Noun

ts'eba

  1. spruce

Derived terms

References

  • James Kari, Lower Tanana Athabaskan Listening and Writing Exercises (1991)
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 68
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