ts'iɬk'i

Lower Tanana

Lower Tanana numbers (edit)
10[a], [b]
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    Things: ts'iɬk'i, ts'iɬ
    People: ts'iɬk'enh
    Ways: ts'iɬghw
    Adverbial: ts'iɬdenh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼiɬqʼ, with the addition of the non-human suffix -i. Cognate with Ahtna tsʼiłkʼey.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsʼiɬkʰʼi/, /tsʼiɬqʰʼi/

Numeral

ts'iɬk'i

  1. one (thing)

Derived terms

  • ts'iɬgezra (“two-year-old bull moose”)
  • ts'iɬk'ige (“one dollar”)
  • ts'iɬt'ena (“on one side”)
  • ts'iɬwgha (“quickly, soon”)
  • ts'iɬwx (“swiftly, quickly”)

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 435
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