tsʼaaʼ

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼakʸʼ (plate, basket). Related to the root TSʼEEʼ (to be coiled, spiral).

Noun

tsʼaaʼ (possessed form bitsʼaʼ)

  1. basket
  2. pod
  3. shell

Inflection

Possessives of tsʼaaʼ
singular duoplural plural
1st person sitsʼaʼ nihitsʼaʼ danihitsʼaʼ
2nd person nitsʼaʼ nihitsʼaʼ danihitsʼaʼ
3rd person bitsʼaʼ
4th person (3o) yitsʼaʼ
4th person (3a) hatsʼaʼ
Indefinite (3i) atsʼaʼ

Derived terms