tlįcho

See also: Tłįchǫ

South Slavey

Alternative forms

Etymology

From tlį (“dog”) +‎ -cho. This is a common pattern among Native Americans (compare Plains Cree mistatim), referring to the reintroduction of the horse by the Europeans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɬʰĩ̀.t͡ʃʰò̞(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: tlį‧cho

Noun

tlįcho (stem -lįcho-)

  1. horse

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tlįcho (-lįécho)
singular plural
1st person selįécho naxelįécho
2nd person nelįécho
3rd person 1) — gilįécho
2) melįécho golįécho
4th person yelįécho
reflexive sp. ɂedelįécho kedelįécho
unsp. delįécho
reciprocal — ɂełelįécho
indefinite ɂelįécho
areal golįécho

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 35
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