From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ.
Cognate with Western Apache -gan, Chiricahua -gan, Jicarilla -gan, Lipan -gąą’, Plains Apache -gąą, Tsuut'ina -gànὰ’, Hupa -ɢan-, Mattole -gaane’, Galice gaaneʔ, Chilcotin -gán, Slavey, 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”).
agaan (compound forms gąą-, gą-, gan-)
singular | duoplural | plural | |
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1st person | shigaan | nihigaan | danihigaan |
2nd person | nigaan | nihigaan | danihigaan |
3rd person | bigaan | ||
4th person (3o) | yigaan | ||
4th person (3a) | hagaan | ||
Indefinite (3i) | agaan |