shát
Tlingit
Etymology
Cognate with Holikachuk ts’an, Southern Carrier t’et
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃát/
Usage notes
- As a kinship term, this noun cannot occur without a possessor.
Noun
shát (see inflected forms below)
- wife
- Dáx̱náx̱ du shátx’i hás yatee. - He had two wives.
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ax̱ shát | haa shát | |
| 2nd person | i shát | yee shát | |
| 3rd person | human | du shát | |
| non-human | a shát | ||
| proximate | ash shát | ||
| indefinite | human | ha shát | |
| non-human | at shát | ||
| reflexive | chush shát | ||
| reciprocal | woosh shát | ||