ɂetthí
South Slavey
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tsiʼ. Cognates include Dogrib ekwì and Navajo atsiiʼ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔè.t͡θʰí(ʔ)]
- Hyphenation: ɂe‧tthí
Noun
ɂetthí (stem -tthí-)
Inflection
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | setthí | naxetthí | |
| 2nd person | netthí | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gitthí |
| 2) | metthí | gotthí | |
| 4th person | yetthí | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedetthí | kedetthí |
| unsp. | detthí | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełetthí | |
| indefinite | ɂetthí | ||
| areal | gotthí | ||
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.
Derived terms
References
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 216
- “gotthí”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect][1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009