Where does “kasiniłʼaa” come from?
kasiniłʼaa (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna ka-, from Ahtna ko-, from Proto-Athabaskan *x̣ʊ- — An areal prefix, used in many daughter languages as a subject and object pronoun for areas and locations, and in impersonal constructions such as describing weather.
kasiniłʼaa (Ahtna): he/she has his/her head sticking up
Definitions
- he/she has his/her head sticking up
Ancestry of “kasiniłʼaa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahtna | ka- | up, up and out, up a slope, ascending |
| 2 | Ahtna | ko- | marks an area as the subject of a verb |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | *x̣ʊ- | An areal prefix, used in many daughter languages as a subject and object pronoun for areas and locations, and in impersonal constructions such as describing weather |