ɂeghú

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɣuɁ. Cognate with Dogrib eghòò and Navajo awooʼ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔè.ɣʷú(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: ɂe‧ghú

Noun

ɂeghú (stem -ghú-)

  1. tooth

Inflection

Possessive inflection of ɂeghú (-ghú)
singular plural
1st person seghú naxeghú
2nd person neghú
3rd person 1) — gighú
2) meghú goghú
4th person yeghú
reflexive sp. ɂedeghú kedeghú
unsp. deghú
reciprocal — ɂełeghú
indefinite ɂeghú
areal goghú

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 167
  • “goghú”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009
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