sahyaa

South Slavey

Etymology

From sah (“bear”) +‎ -yaa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sà.ʰjàː], [sà.ʰʒàː]
  • Hyphenation: sah‧yaa

Noun

sahyaa (stem -sahyaa-)

  1. bear cub

Inflection

Possessive inflection of sahyaa (-sahyaa)
singular plural
1st person sesahyaa naxesahyaa
2nd person nesahyaa
3rd person 1) — gisahyaa
2) mesahyaa gosahyaa
4th person yesahyaa
reflexive sp. ɂedesahyaa kedesahyaa
unsp. desahyaa
reciprocal — ɂełesahyaa
indefinite ɂesahyaa
areal gosahyaa

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 240
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