ts'en'
See also: tsen
Lower Tanana
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼənʔ (“to, toward”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tsʼənʔ/
Postposition
ts'en' (third-person singular form bets'en')
- to, toward
- k'w bets'en' tr'etekayh ― and we paddled toward it
- xwts'en' teghwltlot da' ― run up to it real fast
Derived terms
- -ts'en' (“-ly”) (see there for further descendants)
- ts'e- (“as, in the manner of”)
- ts'exwyą́' (“always”)
- ts'ets'en' (“differently, wrongly”)
Conjunction
ts'en'
Derived terms
- ts'ek'w (“and then”)
References
- Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 454