Where does “ch'edzes tlaga'” come from?

ch'edzes tlaga' (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana ts'edzes, from Lower Tanana dzits — to dance.

ch'edzes tlaga' (Lower Tanana): dance shirt, dress

Definitions

  1. dance shirt, dress

Ancestry of “ch'edzes tlaga'”, step by step

ch'edzes tlaga' traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana ts'edzes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananats'edzesa dance, dance style
2Lower Tananadzitsto dance

via Lower Tanana tlaga'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatlaga'shabby, scruffy, decrepit, deteriorated, tattered, old, useless
Every word from Lower Tanana dzits →Every word from Lower Tanana ts'edzes →