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Beaver
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tshaʼ (“beaver”). Cognate with Hän tsà’, Sarcee tsxa, Navajo chaaʼ, Chipewyan tsáá, Carrier tsaa, Sekani tsáʼ, Ahtna tsaʼ.
Noun
chááʼ
- beaver
References
- Young, Robert W & William Morgan, Sr. The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary. University of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque, NM: 1987.