dzéh
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South Slavey
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *džeˑx. Cognates include Navajo jeeh and Dogrib dzèh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dzéh (stem -dzéh-)
Inflection
[edit]Possessive inflection of dzéh (-dzéhé)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sedzéhé | naxedzéhé | |
| 2nd person | nedzéhé | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gidzéhé |
| 2) | medzéhé | godzéhé | |
| 4th person | yedzéhé | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂededzéhé | kededzéhé |
| unsp. | dedzéhé | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełedzéhé | |
| indefinite | ɂedzéhé | ||
| areal | godzéhé | ||
| 1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular. 2) Used when the previous condition does not apply. | |||
References
[edit]- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 12