-adae

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ʔaˑdeˑ. Cognate with Lower Tanana -oda, Navajo ádí.

Noun

-adae

1. older sister
2. older female parallel cousin

Inflection

Possessives of -adae

	singular	plural
1st person	sadae	neʼadae
2nd person	nadae	nhwadae
3rd person	badae, yadae	xadae, kuʼadae
Reflexive	dadae	hdadae
Indefinite	cʼadae
Reciprocal	niłʼadae

Related terms

• -cele
• -ciileʼ
• -daedzeʼ
• -ezdae
• -tełtseʼ
• -tlaen
• -udae
• -unghae

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 699