denae

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dəneˑ. Cognate with Navajo diné.

Noun

denae

1. person
2. wealthy man
3. leader, chief

Inflection

Possessives of denae

	singular	plural
1st person	sdenaeʼ	nedenaeʼ
2nd person	ndenaeʼ	unhdenaeʼ
3rd person	udenaeʼ, idenaeʼ	hwdenaeʼ, kudenaeʼ
Reflexive	dedenaeʼ	hdedenaeʼ
Indefinite	cʼedenaeʼ
Reciprocal	niłdenaeʼ

Derived terms

• denaey (“people, tribe”)
• sdatnae (“crippled person”)

Related terms

• -ne

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 295

Latin

Numeral

dēnae

1. inflection of dēnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine plural
   2. genitive/dative feminine singular