-siʼ

Wailaki

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tsiʼ. Cognate with Navajo atsiiʼ.

Noun

-siʼ

  1. head

Inflection

Possessives of -siʼ
singular plural
1st person ssiʼ ŋhohsiʼ
2nd person nisiʼ, nsiʼ ŋhohsiʼ
3rd person bisiʼ
Reflexive ʼaasiʼ
Indefinite kisiʼ

References

  • Begay, Kayla Rae (2017), Wailaki Grammar, University of California, Berkeley, page 221