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Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/sə̓w̃ʼ

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Proto-Athabaskan

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Alternative reconstructions

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  • *tsə̓w̃ʼ (Kraus 1979)
  • *sə̓mʼ (Alderete 2005)

Noun

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*sə̓w̃ʼ

  1. star

Descendants

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

References

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  • Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 102