tleh

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronoun

tleh (plural tleihqueh)

  1. (interrogative) what

References

  • Michel Launey with Christopher Mackay (2011) An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Amazon Kindle: Cambridge University Press, page Loc 1452

South Slavey

Etymology

Cognate with Dogrib tłe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɬʰɛ̀(h)]
  • Hyphenation: tleh

Noun

tleh (stem -tleh-)

  1. lard

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tleh (-tlehé)
singular plural
1st person setlehé naxetlehé
2nd person netlehé
3rd person 1) gitlehé
2) metlehé gotlehé
4th person yetlehé
reflexive sp. ɂedetlehé kedetlehé
unsp. detlehé
reciprocal ɂełetlehé
indefinite ɂetlehé
areal gotlehé

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 38