tsen

See also: ts'en'

Aromanian

Verb

tsen (third-person singular tseni, participle tsãnute)

alternative form of tsãn

Related terms

tsãneri
tsãnut

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *čən (“to smell, stink”). Cognate with Ahtna tsen, Navajo -CHĄ́Ą́ʼ.

Root

tsen

to smell, be smelly, stinky

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Durative	tsenh	tsenh	tsenh	tsenh
Momentaneous	—	tsonh	—	—
Transitional	—	tsonh	tsenh	—

Derived terms

deltseni (“snuff”)
dratsena' (“stormy weather”)
eɬtsenh, yeɬtsenh (“he/she sniffs, smells it”)
haɬ tsenh (“trap bait”)
totsenh (“brackish water”)
-tsena' (“vagina”)
xwnentsena' (“fruticose lichens”)

References

Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 416