hwdeʼaa

== Ahtna == === Etymology === hw- (areal prefix) +‎ d- (qualifier) +‎ ∅- (classifier) +‎ ʼaa (“to extend”). Cognate with Lower Tanana xwda'o. === Verb === hwdeʼaa a state or situation exists in a given manner utsʼeʼ hwdeʼaa ― he/she is lucky (literally, “a situation extends to him/her”) ucʼaʼ hwdeʼaa ― he/she is lucky (literally, “a situation extends from him/her”) === References === Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 76