ɂetthíghá

South Slavey

Etymology

From ɂetthí (“head”) +‎ ɂeghá (“hair”). Akin to Dogrib ekwìghà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛ̀.t͡θʰɪ́.ɣá(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: ɂe‧tthí‧ghá

Noun

ɂetthíghá (stem -tthíghá-)

  1. hair on the head

Inflection

Possessive inflection of ɂetthíghá (-tthíghá)
singular plural
1st person setthíghá naxetthíghá
2nd person netthíghá
3rd person 1) — gitthíghá
2) metthíghá gotthíghá
4th person yetthíghá
reflexive sp. ɂedetthíghá kedetthíghá
unsp. detthíghá
reciprocal — ɂełetthíghá
indefinite ɂetthíghá
areal gotthíghá

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 216
  • “gotthíghá”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009
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