ɂetʼǫ́

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-tʼa̓ˑn(ə)ʼ. Cognate with Navajo atʼąąʼ and Dogrib ı̨tʼǫ̀.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛ̀.tʼṍ̞(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: ɂe‧tʼǫ́

Noun

ɂetʼǫ́ (stem -ɂetʼǫ́-)

  1. leaf
  2. flower

Inflection

Possessive inflection of ɂetʼǫ́ (-ɂetʼǫ́)
singular plural
1st person seɂetʼǫ́ naxeɂetʼǫ́
2nd person neɂetʼǫ́
3rd person 1) — giɂetʼǫ́
2) meɂetʼǫ́ goɂetʼǫ́
4th person yeɂetʼǫ́
reflexive sp. ɂedeɂetʼǫ́ kedeɂetʼǫ́
unsp. deɂetʼǫ́
reciprocal — ɂełeɂetʼǫ́
indefinite ɂeɂetʼǫ́
areal goɂetʼǫ́

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 228
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