xeyelgheli

Lower Tanana

Etymology

x- (third-person plural subject) +‎ y- (third-person object) +‎ l- (classifier) +‎ gheɬ (“to club”) +‎ -i (nominalizer), literally “one they club”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xəjəlɣəli/, /χəjəlɣəli/, /xəjəlʁəli/, /χəjəlʁəli/

Noun

xeyelgheli

  1. drum

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 201
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