-taʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-taɁ. Cognate with Navajo ataaʼ.

Noun

-taʼ

1. father

Inflection

Possessives of -taʼ

	singular	plural
1st person	staʼ	netaʼ
2nd person	ntaʼ	unhtaʼ
3rd person	utaʼ, itaʼ	hwtaʼ, kutaʼ
Reflexive	detaʼ	hdetaʼ
Indefinite	cʼetaʼ
Reciprocal	niłtaʼ

Antonyms

• -aan

See also

• snełyaanen (“deceased father”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 35

Navajo

Stem

-taʼ

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous		-TAʼ (read)		-TAH (snap)
Repetitive	-TAH (snap) -TAʼ (read)	-TAʼ (read)			-TAʼ (read)
Continuative	-TAʼ (read)	-TAʼ (read)			-TAʼ (read)