tthaxw bexulanenh

Lower Tanana

Etymology

tthaxw (“first”) + bexulanenh, composed of bexulanh (“he/she was born”) +‎ -enh (singular human suffix)

Noun

tthaxw bexulanenh

  1. firstborn child
    Antonym: xwtl'otenenh

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 454
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.