Message: "Ashana" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Ashana

by Ashana (guest)

6/5/2011, 2:20 AM

Its Athabascan Indian for a type of flower, Im not sure which type.

Replies

- Rene

6/5/2011, 3:36 AM

It seems to be no flower in particular, but the Dena'ina Athabaskan equivalent of the generic English word 'flower':
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Swadesh_lists_for_Dené-Yeniseian_languages