agaan

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ.

Cognate with Western Apache -gan, Chiricahua -gan, Jicarilla -gan, Lipan -gąą’, Plains Apache -gąą, Sarcee -gànὰ’, Hupa -ɢan-, Mattole -gaane’, Galice gaaneʔ, Chilcotin -gán, Slavey -gǫ́’, Hare North Slavey -góné’, Dogrib -gǫ̀, Chipewyan -gané, Sekani -gòne’, Beaver -góné’, Lower Tanana -gonaʔ, Hän -gæ̀nn’, Ahtna -ggaane’, Dena'ina -ɢuna, Eyak -ɢəla’, Tlingit jín (“hand”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̀kɑ̀ːn/

Noun

agaan (compound forms gąą-, gą-, gan-)

  1. arm, someone’s arm
  2. foreleg, limb, branch, front wheel
    tsin bigaan ― tree limb

Inflection
possessives of agaan
singular duoplural plural
1st person shigaan nihigaan danihigaan
2nd person nigaan nihigaan danihigaan
3rd person bigaan
4th person (3o) yigaan
4th person (3a) hagaan
Indefinite (3i) agaan

Derived terms
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