-azae

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-aˑžʷ(ə).

Noun

-azae (third-person singular possessed form bazae)

1. man's nephew or niece

Derived terms

• saghani ggaay bazae (“rusty blackbird”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 451, 699