tsé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tse"
French
Alternative forms
- t'sais, tsey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tse/
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Contraction
tsé
Jicarilla
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Na-Dene *caj. Cognates include Western Apache tséé and Navajo tsé.
Noun
tsé
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Na-Dene *caj. Cognates include Western Apache tséé and Chiricahua tsé and possibly, more distantly Ket ты’сь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sʰɛ́/
Noun
tsé
Inflection
| singular | duoplural | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sitseʼ | nihitseʼ | danihitseʼ |
| 2nd person | nitseʼ | nihitseʼ | danihitseʼ |
| 3rd person | bitseʼ | ||
| 4th person (3o) | yitseʼ | ||
| 4th person (3a) | hatseʼ | ||
| Indefinite (3i) | atseʼ | ||
Derived terms
- tsé áwózí (“flint”)
- Tsé Bitʼaʼí (“Shiprock, New Mexico”)
- tsé dizéígíí (“sandstone”)
- tsé naalkaah (“petrogeology”)
- tsé naatʼaʼí (“asteroid”)
- tsé nááwołí (“grindstone”)
- tsé náázhozhí (“rockslide”)
- tsé nádleehé (“concrete”)
- Tsé Náhádzoh (“Twin Lakes, New Mexico”)
- tsé nahalinii (“stonefish”)
- tsé nástáán (“petrified wood”)
- Tsé Náshchiiʼ (“Hunter's Point, Arizona”)
- tsé nidaaz (“iron ore”)
- tsé noolchʼoshii (“canyon wren”)
- tsé noolchʼoshiiłbáhí (“rock wren”)
- tsé sikaad (“pavement”)
- tsééh
- tsékʼiz (“crevice in rock”)
- tsénííʼ (“hole in rock”)
- tsénił (“axe”)
- tsésǫʼ (“glass, mica”)
- tsétah dibé (“bighorn sheep”)
- tsétah dibé bichʼil (“Epilobium spicatum”)
- tsétaʼ (“between rocks”)
- tsétʼees (“griddle”)
- tsétłʼééł (“flint igniter”)
- tsétsíín (“base of a cliff”)
- tsétsoh (“boulder”)
- tsétsohkʼįįʼ (“snowberry, syringa”)
- tséyaa hataał (“common mustard, rutabaga, rape, Swedish turnip”)
- tsézéí (“gravel”)
- Tsézhįįh Deezhlį́ (“Black Rock, New Mexico”)
- tsézhin (“lava”)
- tséʼézhííh (“rock sage”)
Western Apache
Noun
tsé
- alternative form of tséé