medzih
South Slavey
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *wə-ǯəxʸ. Cognate with Ahtna udzih and Navajo dzééh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛ̀.t͡sì(h)]
- Hyphenation: me‧dzih
Noun
medzih (stem -medzih-)
Inflection
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | semedzih | naxemedzih | |
| 2nd person | nemedzih | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gimedzih |
| 2) | memedzih | gomedzih | |
| 4th person | yemedzih | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedemedzih | kedemedzih |
| unsp. | demedzih | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełemedzih | |
| indefinite | ɂemedzih | ||
| areal | gomedzih | ||
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 10
- “caribou (woodland)”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect][1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 127