kǫ́

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ko"

South Slavey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʷʰṍ̞(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: kǫ́

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *qʊʼnʼ. Cognates include Navajo kǫʼ and Dogrib kǫ̀.

Noun

kǫ́ (stem -kón-)

  1. fire
Inflection
Possessive inflection of kǫ́ (-kóné)
singular plural
1st person sekóné naxekóné
2nd person nekóné
3rd person 1) gikóné
2) mekóné gokóné
4th person yekóné
reflexive sp. ɂedekóné kedekóné
unsp. dekóné
reciprocal ɂełekóné
indefinite ɂekóné
areal gokóné

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
  • kǫ́túé

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan [Term?]. Cognates include Navajo kin and Dogrib kǫ̀.

Alternative forms

Noun

kǫ́ (stem -kǫ́-)

  1. house
  2. town
Inflection
Possessive inflection of kǫ́ (-kǫ́é)
singular plural
1st person sekǫ́é naxekǫ́é
2nd person nekǫ́é
3rd person 1) gikǫ́é
2) mekǫ́é gokǫ́é
4th person yekǫ́é
reflexive sp. ɂedekǫ́é kedekǫ́é
unsp. dekǫ́é
reciprocal ɂełekǫ́é
indefinite ɂekǫ́é
areal gokǫ́é

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 100