Editing Tlingit language (section)

===Directionals===

Strictly speaking, the Tlingit directionals can be classified as nouns on the basis of their syntactic function. However, they form a distinct semantic set of nouns which indicate direction relative to some stated position. They also show stem variation depending locative suffixation, in particular with the allative suffix ''-dei''. These stem variants also occur with the adverb construction ''N<sub>1</sub>''-da-''N<sub>2</sub>''-(i)n "''N<sub>2</sub>'' ''N<sub>1</sub>''-ward" where ''N<sub>2</sub>'' is an anatomic noun and ''N<sub>1</sub>'' is a directional stem.

:{|class="wikitable"
!                !! Noun !! ''N''-dei !! ''N''-naa !! Adverb (+15)
|-
| up above || (di-)kée || (di-)kín-dei || (di-)kee-naa || kei, kéi
|-
| down below || (di-)yée || (di-)yín-dei || (di-)yee-naa || yei, yéi, yaa
|-
| upstream || naakée || nán-dei || naa-nyaa ~ naa-naa || –
|-
| downstream || ix-kée, éex || íx-dei || ixi-naa || –
|-
| from landshore, interior || dáakh || dákh-dei || dakhi-naa || daakh
|-
| toward landshore || éekh || íkh-dei || ikhi-naa || yeikh ~ eekh
|-
| toward seashore || yán || yán-dei || — || yan
|-
| from seashore, out to sea || dei-kí || dák-dei || daki-naa ~ diki-naa || daak
|-
| across, other side || diyáa || diyáa-dei || — || yan
|-
| inside || neil || neil-dei || — || neil
|-
| outside || gáan || gán-dei || — || —
|-
| back || — || khúxh-dei || — || khuxh
|-
| aground, shallow water || — || kúx-dei || — || kux
|}