cenkʼaʼ

Ahtna

Alternative forms

• tcenkʼaʼ
• decen kʼaʼ (Mentasta)

Etymology

Equivalent to cen (“stick”) +‎ kʼaʼ (“gun”). kʼaʼ originally carried the meaning 'arrow,' which is preserved in this compound.

Noun

cenkʼaʼ (Central, Lower, Western)

1. arrow

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 251