shát

See also: shat and Shat

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)

  1. wife
    Dáx̱náx̱ du shátx’i hás yatee. - He had two wives.
Possessives of shát
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