tsʼah
Navajo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sʼɑ̀h/
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Noun
tsʼah
South Slavey
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼəx̣d. Cognates include Navajo chʼah and Dogrib tsʼah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡sʼà(h)]
- Hyphenation: tsʼah
Noun
tsʼah (stem -tsʼad- / -tsʼar-)
Inflection
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | setsʼadé | naxetsʼadé | |
| 2nd person | netsʼadé | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gitsʼadé |
| 2) | metsʼadé | gotsʼadé | |
| 4th person | yetsʼadé | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedetsʼadé | kedetsʼadé |
| unsp. | detsʼadé | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełetsʼadé | |
| indefinite | ɂetsʼadé | ||
| areal | gotsʼadé | ||
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.
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | setsʼaré | naxetsʼaré | |
| 2nd person | netsʼaré | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gitsʼaré |
| 2) | metsʼaré | gotsʼaré | |
| 4th person | yetsʼaré | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedetsʼaré | kedetsʼaré |
| unsp. | detsʼaré | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełetsʼaré | |
| indefinite | ɂetsʼaré | ||
| areal | gotsʼaré | ||
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 91