tsii

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tsiˑ. Cognate with Lower Tanana tsi.

Root

tsii

1. to make a singular object
2. (progressive) to be descended from a matrilineal clan

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Conclusive	tsii	tsiin	tsiił	tsiił
Momentaneous	tsiis	tsiin	tsiił	tsiił
Progressive	tsiił	—	—	—
Neuter	tsiin	tseʼ	tsiił	tseʼ
Transitional	tsiix	tseʼ	tsiix	tsiix
Customary	tsiis	tsiis	tsiis	tsiis
Neuter-customary	tsiix	tsiix	tsiix	tsiix

Derived terms

• benahwdiltsiin (“a structure is built against it”)
• ghaltsiiłne (“clanspeople”)
• hwkʼenakultsiinde (“second story”)
• hwtsiił (“fishweir”)
• hwtʼanakultsiinde (“loft”)
• iłtsiis (“he/she customarily makes it”)
• kʼekultsiin (“it (area/weather/situation) looks like”)
• kʼeltsiin (“it looks like”)
• -latsiin (“partner, close friend of different clan”)
• ltsiin (“it is made”)
• nakultsiin (“it is built across it”)
• neltsiin (“he/she looks sad, glum”)
• nitsiił (“winter house”)
• ntsʼe ghiltsiił (“what is your clan?”)
• tlinitsiileʼ (“porch”)
• tsaʼ hwtsiił (“beaver dam”)
• -tse ghaltsiiłen (“head of a clan”)
• tʼanitsiileʼ (“brush shelter”)
• łtsii (“he/she is making it”)

See also

• ghaan (“make plural objects”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 386-388

Tlahuica

Noun

tsii

1. dog

References

• Elpidia Reynoso González, Vocabulario Español-Tlahuica (1998)