esh-

See also: esh

Dena'ina

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Ahtna es-, Navajo sh-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əʃ/

Prefix

esh-

  1. Marks a first person singular verbal subject; I
    ‎esh- + ‎chegh (“to cry”) → ‎eshchegh (“I am crying”)

Usage notes

  • Reduced to e- before the ł- and l-classifiers
  • Reduced to es- before dentals and back velars.

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 58
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