denekéhle
South Slavey
Etymology
From dene (“human”) + -kéhle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɛ̀.nɛ̀.cʰɛ́.ʰɮɛ̀(ʔ)]
- Hyphenation: de‧ne‧ké‧hle
Noun
denekéhle (stem -denekéhle-)
- Slavey person
Inflection
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sedenekéhle | naxedenekéhle | |
| 2nd person | nedenekéhle | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gidenekéhle |
| 2) | medenekéhle | godenekéhle | |
| 4th person | yedenekéhle | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂededenekéhle | kededenekéhle |
| unsp. | dedenekéhle | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełedenekéhle | |
| indefinite | ɂedenekéhle | ||
| areal | godenekéhle | ||
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 236