-bede

Ahtna

Etymology

Derived from -betʼ (“belly”).

Noun

-bede (third-person singular form ubede)

1. underbelly
2. abdomen
3. the chest and stomach area

Derived terms

• ubede tsʼiʼitʼuutsʼi (“cross fox”)
• -dzaghał bedeʼ (“crop of a ptarmigan”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 105