tthe

South Slavey

Alternative forms

  • (Fort Liard) tse

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Na-Dene *caj. Cognates include Navajo tsé and Dogrib kwe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡θʰɛ̀(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: tthe

Noun

tthe (stem -tthe-)

  1. stone

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tthe (-ttheé)
singular plural
1st person settheé naxettheé
2nd person nettheé
3rd person 1) — gittheé
2) mettheé gottheé
4th person yettheé
reflexive sp. ɂedettheé kedettheé
unsp. dettheé
reciprocal — ɂełettheé
indefinite ɂettheé
areal gottheé

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 91
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