yescʼebaa

Ahtna

Etymology

yes, stem of the verbal root yaatsʼ (“to snow”) + cʼ- (indefinite) +‎ baa (“gray”)

Noun

yescʼebaa (Mentasta)

  1. snowy owl

See also

  • yesbaa (used in other dialects)

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 97
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.