This Proto-Athabaskan entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence.
With stems ending in a vowel, the suffix was realized as*ʔ.
This suffix triggered voicing of word-final voiceless consonants. In the Southern Athabaskan languages, although the suffix has generally been lost, this voicing is still present in possessed forms. Thus, the third-person possessed form ofNavajosis(“belt”) isbiziz.
