delzen

Ahtna

Alternative forms

• dadzen (Mentasta) (with the d- classifier)

Etymology

From d- (qualifier of no obvious meaning) +‎ e- (peg element) +‎ l- (classifier) +‎ zen (“to be black”)

Verb

delzen (Central, Lower, Western)

1. it is black

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 456