chʼe-

Dena'ina

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃʼə/

Prefix

chʼe-

  1. Marks a first person dual or plural verbal subject; we
  2. Marks an unknown verbal subject, especially one that cannot be seen
    ‎chʼe- + ‎chegh (“to cry”) → ‎chʼechegh (“we (2) are crying; someone is crying”)

Usage notes

  • The first person meaning is more common; it signifies a dual subject when the verb stem is singular, and a plural subject otherwise

See also

Dena'ina verbal subject prefixes
singular plural
1st person esh- chʼe-
2nd person n-, i- eh-
3rd person ∅- qe-
Non-human ye-
Indefinite human qe-
Indefinite non-human kʼe-
Unknown chʼe-
Areal/temporal/abstract qe-

References

  • Tenenbaum, Joan Marsha (1978), Morphology and Semantics of the Tanaina Verb, Columbia University, page 62
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