Where does “ʼałtsʼeni ukʼetde” come from?
ʼałtsʼeni ukʼetde (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna ukʼedi, from Ahtna -kʼe, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼə.
ʼałtsʼeni ukʼetde (Ahtna): fifteen times
Definitions
- fifteen times
Ancestry of “ʼałtsʼeni ukʼetde”, step by step
ʼałtsʼeni 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 ʼałtsʼeni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahtna | ʼałtsʼeni | five (things) |
| 2 | Ahtna | -i | Forms nouns from verbs with the meaning of 'the one who...' |
| 3 | Ahtna | nekʼeltaeni | A massive constellation composed of numerous asterisms and stars, including the Big Dipper, forming or representing the therianthrope or human-animal culture hero Yabaaghe Tezyaann wearing a pack and carrying a staff |