tlį

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tli"

South Slavey

Etymology

Cognates include Dogrib tłı̨.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɬʰĩ̀(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: tlį

Noun

tlį (stem -lį-)

  1. dog

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tlį (-lįé)
singular plural
1st person selįé naxelįé
2nd person nelįé
3rd person 1) gilįé
2) melįé golįé
4th person yelįé
reflexive sp. ɂedelįé kedelįé
unsp. delįé
reciprocal ɂełelįé
indefinite ɂelįé
areal golįé

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.

Derived terms

References

  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 21