-'ot

Deg Xinag

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-Ɂaˑd.

Noun

-'ot

1. wife

   vi'ot ― his wife

References

• Deg Xinag Learners' Dictionary — Deg Xinag Ałixi Ni'elyoy, Alaska Native Knowledge Network, 2007

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-Ɂaˑd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɔtʰ/

Noun

-'ot (third-person possessed form be'ot, plural -'ot ka)

1. wife
2. female mate of an animal

Derived terms

• xwyo'ot
• yosr'ot (“daughter-in-law”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 61