denae

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dəneˑ. Cognate with Navajo diné

Noun

denae

  1. person
  2. wealthy man
  3. leader, chief

Inflection

Possessives of denae
singular plural
1st person sdenaeʼ nedenaeʼ
2nd person ndenaeʼ unhdenaeʼ
3rd person udenaeʼ, idenaeʼ hwdenaeʼ, kudenaeʼ
Reflexive dedenaeʼ, hdedenaeʼ
Indefinite cʼedenaeʼ
Reciprocal niłdenaeʼ

Derived terms

  • denaey (“people, tribe”)
  • sdatnae (“crippled person”)

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictiionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 295

Latin

Numeral

dēnae

  1. inflection of dēnus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine plural
    2. genitive/dative feminine singular
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