dzene

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *džʷeˑn. Cognates include Navajo jį́ and Dogrib dzęę̀.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɛ̀.nɛ̀(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: dze‧ne

Noun

dzene (stem -dzen-)

  1. day

Inflection

Possessive inflection of dzene (-dzené)
singular plural
1st person sedzené naxedzené
2nd person nedzené
3rd person 1) — gidzené
2) medzené godzené
4th person yedzené
reflexive sp. ɂededzené kededzené
unsp. dedzené
reciprocal — ɂełedzené
indefinite ɂedzené
areal godzené

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 91
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