Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/ɬuˑqʼeˑ
Proto-Athabaskan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *ɬuˑχ (“whitefish”) + *-eˑ. There are several reconstructed Proto-Athabaskan suffixes with this form: one forming areal nouns, one forming kinship terms, and one with a negative meaning. *ɬuˑχ is cognate with Tlingit tɬuˑχ (“whitefish”), suggesting a Proto-Na-Dene origin.
Noun
[edit]*ɬuˑqʼeˑ
Descendants
[edit]- Ahtna: łukʼae
- Babine-Witsuwit'en: ɬoq
- Beaver: lhuuge
- Chipewyan: łue (ɬuwe)
- Chilcotin: lhuy
- Dena'ina: ɬiqʼa, ɬuqʼa
- Deg Hitʼan: ɬeɢ
- Gwich'in: łuk
- Hän: łuk
- Hupa: ło:q'
- Kaska: łūge
- Koyukon: ɬuqʼə
- Lower Tanana: ɬuqʼa
- Mescalero: ɬǫ́ˑyèh
- Navajo: łóóʼ
- Sekani: lhoowe
- Southern Carrier: lhook
- South Slavey: łue
- Southern Tutchone: łu
- Tahltan: łuwe
- Tanacross: ɬuˑgə
- Tolowa: lhuk
- Tsesaut: ɬoʼ
References
[edit]- Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 290-301