ts'enh

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-čʼən. Cognate with Ahtna tsʼen; compare also Navajo bitsʼą́ą́ʼ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsʼən̥/

Postposition

ts'enh (third-person singular form bets'enh)

  1. from it
  2. after it
  3. since it

Derived terms

  • dats'ena (“on this side”)
  • dexwts'enh (“from a place”)
  • oɬts'enayi (“five”)
  • ndaxwts'enh (“why?”)
  • ndats'ena (“how many people?”)
  • -ts'ena'
  • -ts'enlo' (“wing”)
  • ts'iɬts'ena (“(on) one side”)
  • yats'ena (“on that side”)

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 432
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