yontha

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From -ntha' (“forward, in front”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔnθæ/

Postposition

yontha (third-person singular beyontha)

  1. more than
    Peter yontha deghiɬchox ― he/she is bigger than Peter (literally, “he/she is big more than Peter”)
  2. the most of
  3. at a high price
  • -ntha (see there for related directional terms)
  • xwyontha (“valuable, expensive”)
  • yonthats'en' (“more than”, adverb)

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 312
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