dineega

== Koyukon == === Etymology === Cognate with Lower Tanana denigi and Ahtna deniigi. Ultimately from Proto-Athabaskan *ni̓gʸ, a root related to movement of the hand and feeling. === Noun === dineega moose dineega bineeł’aanh ― the moose is looking at him ==== Descendants ==== Inupiaq: tiniikaq === References === Thompson, Chad Lawrence (1989), Voice and obviation in Athabaskan and other languages (dissertation), University of Oregon, page 42