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łóóʼ

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Etymology

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From Proto-Athabaskan *ɬu̓χ (fish, Alaskan whitefish).[1] Compare Ahtna łukʼae, South Slavey łue, Chipewyan łue, Beaver lhuuge, Kaska łūge, Gwich'in łuk, Southern Carrier lhook, Southern Tutchone łu, Sekani lhoowe, Tahltan łuwe, Chilcotin lhuy, Hän łuk, Hupa ło:q', Tolowa lhuk.

Noun

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łóóʼ

  1. fish

Inflection

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Possessives of łóóʼ
singular duoplural plural
1st person shíłóóʼ nihíłóóʼ danihíłóóʼ
2nd person níłóóʼ nihíłóóʼ danihíłóóʼ
3rd person bíłóóʼ
4th person (3o) yíłóóʼ
4th person (3a) háłóóʼ
Indefinite (3i) áłóóʼ

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Fortescue, M., Vajda, E. (2022) Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 288, 301