ttha

Lower Tanana

Alternative forms

tla (Toklat-Bearpaw)

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ. Related to the root tthatl (“to chop”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tθʰæ/

Noun

ttha (possessed form ttha')

rock, larger stone

Derived terms

beyi tthatr'edenlayi (“sling”)
denttha' (“seed, pit”)
dink'a ttha' (“bullets, shells”)
k'ottha' (“bullets, shells”)
tabiɬ ttha' (“net sinker”)
troneɬttha (“highbush cranberry”)
ttha onh (“cave”)
ttha t'oget (“hearth”)
ttha tenilenhxw (“rapids”)
tthabasr (“tomahawk”)
tthadheɬ t'ox (“steambath”)
tthadhida' (“gravel”)
tthak'oɬ (“whetstone”)
tthak'wna' (“rock, stone”)
tthantrena (“gyrfalcon”)
tthataɬ (“shale”)
tthato xwlaya (“harlequin duck”)
tthatson' (“copper”)
tthatthiɬ (“stone axe”)
tthayit (“cave”)

References

Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 441