ajéí

Etymology

a- (indefinite possessive pronoun) + -jéí (“thoracic organs, pluck”), from Proto-Athabaskan *-dʒʷeˑy-əɁ.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɑ̀t͡ʃɛ́ɪ́/

Noun

ajéí

  1. pleural organs, thoracic organs, pluck (heart, lungs, liver)

Inflection

Possessives of ajéí
singular duoplural plural
1st person shijéí nihijéí danihijéí
2nd person nijéí nihijéí danihijéí
3rd person bijéí
4th person (3o) yijéí
4th person (3a) hajéí
Indefinite (3i) ajéí

See also

References

  1. ^ Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 215
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