daes

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *deˑšʷ (“river, sandbar”).

Noun

daes

1. shallows (of a body of water)
2. bar (ridge(s) of sand)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 147