deneke
South Slavey
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɛ̀.nɛ̀.cʰɛ̀(ʔ)]
- Hyphenation: de‧ne‧ke
Noun
deneke (stem -deneke-)
- (collective) people
Inflection
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sedeneéke | naxedeneéke | |
| 2nd person | nedeneéke | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gideneéke |
| 2) | medeneéke | godeneéke | |
| 4th person | yedeneéke | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂededeneéke | kededeneéke |
| unsp. | dedeneéke | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełedeneéke | |
| indefinite | ɂedeneéke | ||
| areal | godeneéke | ||
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 247
- “people”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect][1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 6