dzéh

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *džeˑx. Cognates include Navajo jeeh and Dogrib dzèh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɛ́(h)]
  • Hyphenation: dzéh

Noun

dzéh (stem -dzéh-)

  1. gum, resin

Inflection

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

  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 12
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