thę́

See also: Appendix:Variations of "the"

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *sə̓w̃ʼ.[1] Cognates include Dogrib whǫ̀.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [θɛ̃́(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: thę́

Noun

thę́ (stem -dhén-)

  1. star

Inflection

Possessive inflection of thę́ (-dhéné)
singular plural
1st person sedhéné naxedhéné
2nd person nedhéné
3rd person 1) gidhéné
2) medhéné godhéné
4th person yedhéné
reflexive sp. ɂededhéné kededhéné
unsp. dedhéné
reciprocal ɂełedhéné
indefinite ɂedhéné
areal godhéné

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 10
  1. ^ Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 102