ɂahcho

South Slavey

Etymology

From ɂah (snowshoe) +‎ -cho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔà.ʰt͡ʃʰò̞(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: ɂah‧cho

Noun

ɂahcho (stem -ɂahcho-)

  1. snowshoe used for hunting

Inflection

Possessive inflection of ɂahcho (-ɂahécho)
singular plural
1st person seɂahécho naxeɂahécho
2nd person neɂahécho
3rd person 1) giɂahécho
2) meɂahécho goɂahécho
4th person yeɂahécho
reflexive sp. ɂedeɂahécho kedeɂahécho
unsp. deɂahécho
reciprocal ɂełeɂahécho
indefinite ɂeɂahécho
areal goɂahécho

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 238
  • “snowshoe (hunting)”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 118