tlįah

South Slavey

Etymology

From tlį (“dog”) +‎ -ah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɬʰĩ̀.à(h)]
  • Hyphenation: tlį‧a

Noun

tlįah (stem -lįah-)

  1. diminutive of tlį; puppy

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tlįah (-lį́ah)
singular plural
1st person selį́ah naxelį́ah
2nd person nelį́ah
3rd person 1) — gilį́ah
2) melį́ah golį́ah
4th person yelį́ah
reflexive sp. ɂedelį́ah kedelį́ah
unsp. delį́ah
reciprocal — ɂełelį́ah
indefinite ɂelį́ah
areal golį́ah

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 88
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.