Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/tən

This Proto-Athabaskan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Athabaskan

Noun

*tən

  1. ice

Descendants

  • Northern Athabskan:
    • Ahtna: ten
    • Beaver: tən
    • Chilcotin: tən
    • Chipewyan: tən
    • Dogrib: tǫ́
    • Hän: tán
    • Hupa: tiŋ
    • Gwich'in: tán
    • Lower Tanana: tenh
    • Sekani: tən
    • Slavey:
      • South Slavey: tę, téné’
  • Southern Athabaskan:
    • Chiricahua: tį
    • Lipan: kįh
    • Navajo: -TIN, tin
    • Western Apache: tįh

References

  • Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 90
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