-tseʼ

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼən. Cognate with Navajo atsiiʼ.

Noun

-tseʼ

  1. head

Usage notes

  • This noun always takes a possessive prefix.
  • May appear as tsi- or si- in compounds.

Inflection

Possessives of -tseʼ
singular plural
1st person stseʼ netseʼ
2nd person ntseʼ unhtseʼ
3rd person utseʼ, itseʼ hwtseʼ, kutseʼ
Reflexive detseʼ, hdetseʼ
Indefinite cʼetseʼ
Reciprocal niłtseʼ

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictiionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 391

Stem

-tseʼ

  1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
DIS -TSĄ́ (see)
 -TSĄ́ (see)
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