Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/sə̓w̃ʼ

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *tsə̓w̃ʼ (Kraus 1979)
  • *sɨʸn (Young and Morgan 1992)[1]
  • *sə̓mʼ (Alderete 2005)

Noun

*sə̓w̃ʼ

  1. star

Descendants

  • Ahtna: sonʼ
  • Beaver: sə́n
  • Carrier: sʊm
  • Chipewyan: tθʊ́n
  • Dogrib: whǫ̀, Wǫ̀ʼ
  • Navajo: sǫʼ
  • Sekani: səm
  • South Slavey: thę́
  • Tsuut'ina: sʊ́n
  • Thaltan: θɔnʼ

References

  • Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 102
  1. ^ Young, Robert, Morgan, William, Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 467
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