-laʼ

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-laˑ. Cognate with Navajo álaʼ

Noun

-laʼ

1. hand
2. limb, foreleg

Inflection

Possessives of -laʼ

	singular	plural
1st person	slaʼ	nelaʼ
2nd person	nlaʼ	unhlaʼ
3rd person	ulaʼ, ilaʼ	hwlaʼ, kulaʼ
Reflexive	delaʼ	hdelaʼ
Indefinite	cʼelaʼ
Reciprocal	niłlaʼ

Derived terms

• -celaʼ (“fish tail”)
• -cʼelaʼ (“butt of an arrow”)
• -delacii (“top of tree”)
• -delaʼ (“tip of a branch”)
• hwlazaan (“ten things”)
• -kelaggeze (“space between the toes”)
• -laaghe (“extremity of”)
• laaghe (“helping; out of the hands of”)
• labaes (“large circular stone”)
• labaes (“copper knife”)
• -lacotsʼ (“thumb”)
• lacʼelyaes
• lagetsʼ (“gloves”)
• -lagganeʼ (“fingernail”)
• -laggeze (“space between the fingers”)
• -lakʼae (“palm”)
• lalyaes
• -latatlʼ (“heel of the hand”)
• latsighaʼ (“type of spruce lichen”)
• -latsiin (“partner”)
• latsʼagh (“ring”)
• -latsʼighoseʼ (“finger”)
• layʼdak (“thimble”)
• layʼkeh (“bow guard”)
• staladetnes (“he/she is fast with his/her hands”)
• -tsʼenlaʼ (“wing”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 270