Where does “łkʼedencʼih ukʼetde” come from?
łkʼedencʼih ukʼetde (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna ukʼedi, from Ahtna -kʼe, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼə.
łkʼedencʼih ukʼetde (Ahtna): eighteen times
Definitions
- eighteen times
Ancestry of “łkʼedencʼih ukʼetde”, step by step
łkʼedencʼih ukʼetde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ahtna ukʼedi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahtna | ukʼedi | plus, addition used to form large numbers |
| 2 | Ahtna | -kʼe | on |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | *qʼə | — |
via Ahtna łkʼedencʼih
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahtna | łkʼedencʼih | eight (things) |
| 2 | Ahtna | ł- | The ł-classifier, one of four classifiers which obligatorily appear in every Ahtna verb with a variety of purposes. The ł-classifier has the following uses |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | *-ɬ | Forms instrumental nouns from verbs |