té
té
made of rock or stone
Part of Speech
Definition
Stone; rock ¹ | made of rock, stone | prenominal adjective: appears immediately before the noun that it affects | (JC) Sample Sentences
té ḵ’áatl’ - Wide flat stone (used for cooking)
té kas’úgwaa yeit - Cast-iron skillet | literally translates to “stone thing beneath the ones that fry”
té shanax̱wáayi - Sledgehammer | literally translates to “stone axe”; “stone through the head one”
Source
X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell, Tlingit Dictionary, 2024Additional Media
Twitchell 2024 (Lingít Dictionary)
té + ḵ’áatl’ → rock + flat
té + ka-√s’úk-aa + yee-át → stone + hsf.√fry/toast.one(s)-(part.i) + beneath.thing
té + sha-náx̱-aa-yí → stone/rock + head.through. one(s)-(part.i).relational
Leer Orthography: té t'âl' (C) *