Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/tuˑ

This Proto-Athabaskan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Athabaskan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰuː/

Noun

*tuˑ[1]

water
juice of a fruit

Descendants

Proto-Apachean:
- Chiricahua:
  Chirucahua: tó
  
  Mescalero: tú
- Jicarilla: kó
- Lipan: kó
- Navajo: tó
- Plains Apache: kóó, kóo
- Western Apache: tú, tóo
North Athabaskan:
- Ahtna: tuu
- Babine-Witsuwit'en: to
- Beaver: chuu
- Chilcotin: tu
- Chipewyan: tu
- Deg Xinag: te
- Dogrib: ti
- Gwich'in: chųų, chuu
- Hän: chuu
- Kaska: tū
- Koyukon: too
- Kwalhioqua-Tlatskanai: to, tū
- Lower Tanana: tu
- Sarcee: tú
- Sekani: too, choo
- Slavey:
  - North Slavey: tu
  - South Slavey: tu, ti
- Tagish: tū
- Tahltan: tū
- Tanacross: tu
- Upper Kuskokwim: tu
- Upper Tanana: tuu
Pacific Coast Athabaskan:
- Galice: too
- Hupa: to
- Kato: tō
- Tututni: to

References

Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 90