tsʼélį

South Slavey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sʼɛ́.ɮĩ̀(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: tsʼé‧lį

Noun

tsʼélį (stem -tsʼélin-)

  1. lass

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tsʼélį (-tsʼélį)
singular plural
1st person setsʼélį naxetsʼélį
2nd person netsʼélį
3rd person 1) gitsʼélį
2) metsʼélį gotsʼélį
4th person yetsʼélį
reflexive sp. ɂedetsʼélį kedetsʼélį
unsp. detsʼélį
reciprocal ɂełetsʼélį
indefinite ɂetsʼélį
areal gotsʼélį

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

References

  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 264
  • “woman”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 7