Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/tuˑ

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰuː/

Noun

*tuˑ

1. water
2. juice of a fruit

Descendants

• Proto-Apachean:
  • Chiricahua:

    Chirucahua: tó

    Mescalero: tú

  • Jicarilla: kó
  • Lipan: kó
  • Navajo: tó
  • Plains Apache: kóó, kóo
  • Western Apache: tú, tóo
• North Athabaskan:
  • Ahtna: tuu
  • Babine-Witsuwit'en: to
  • Beaver: chuu
  • Chilcotin: tu
  • Chipewyan: tu
  • Deg Xinag: te
  • Dogrib: ti
  • Gwich'in: chųų, chuu
  • Hän: chuu
  • Kaska: tū
  • Koyukon: too
  • Kwalhioqua-Tlatskanai: to, tū
  • Lower Tanana: tu
  • Tsuut'ina: tu
  • Sekani: too, choo
  • Slavey:
    • North Slavey: tu
    • South Slavey: tu, ti
  • Tagish: tū
  • Tahltan: tū
  • Tanacross: tu
  • Upper Kuskokwim: tu
  • Upper Tanana: tuu
• Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
  • Galice: too
  • Hupa: to
  • Kato: tō
  • Tututni: to

Further reading

• Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosidy, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 31, 92, 168