ɂetá

South Slavey

Etymology

Cognates include Dogrib gotà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛ̀.tʰá(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: ɂe‧tá

Noun

ɂetá (stem -tá-)

  1. father

Inflection

Possessive inflection of ɂetá (-tá)
singular plural
1st person setá naxetá
2nd person netá
3rd person 1) — gitá
2) metá gotá
4th person yetá
reflexive sp. ɂedetá kedetá
unsp. detá
reciprocal — ɂełetá
indefinite ɂetá
areal gotá

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 335
  • “my father”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 9
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