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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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*tuˑ[1]

  1. water
  2. juice of a fruit

Descendants

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  • Proto-Apachean:
  • 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:
    • Koyukon: too
    • Kwalhioqua-Tlatskanai: to,
    • Lower Tanana: tu
    • Tsuut'ina: tu
    • Sekani: too, choo
    • Slavey:
      • North Slavey: tu
      • South Slavey: tu, ti
    • Tagish:
    • Tahltan:
    • Tanacross: tu
    • Upper Kuskokwim: tu
    • Upper Tanana: tuu
  • Pacific Coast Athabaskan:

References

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  1. ^ Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 90

Further reading

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