-ghaʼ

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɣa̓Ɂ. Cognate with Navajo -ghaaʼ (“fur, wool, pubic hair”)

Noun

-ghaʼ

  1. hair

Inflection

Possessives of -ghaʼ
singular plural
1st person sghaʼ neghaʼ
2nd person nghaʼ unhghaʼ
3rd person ughaʼ, ighaʼ hwghaʼ, kughaʼ
Reflexive deghaʼ, hdeghaʼ
Indefinite cʼeghaʼ
Reciprocal niłghaʼ

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictiionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 208

Stem

-ghaʼ

  1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -GHÁÁD (shake)
DUR -GHÁÁD (shake)
SER -GHÁÁD (shake)
DIST -GHÁÁD (shake)
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