etrex

etrex

Lower Tanana

Alternative forms

  • etsex (Chena, Toklat-Bearpaw)

Etymology

e- (imperfective) +‎ ∅- (classifier) +‎ trex (reversitative/durative stem of the root trax (“to cry”)). Compare Navajo yicha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ətʂʰəx/, /ətʂʰəχ/

Verb

etrex (Minto-Nenana)

  1. he/she is crying

Conjugation

Imperfective inflection of etrex
Positive Singular Plural
1st person estrex tr'etrex
2nd person itrex wxtrex
3rd person etrex xetrex
Negative Singular Plural
1st person dhestreghá tr'ethtreghá
2nd person dhitreghá dhwxtreghá
3rd person ethtreghá xethtreghá

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 155
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