xóokéhle

South Slavey

Etymology

From xóo (snare) +‎ -kéhle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xʷó̞ː.cʰɛ́.ʰɮɛ̀(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: xóo‧kéh‧le

Noun

xóokéhle (stem -xóokéhle-)

  1. snare made of twine

Inflection

Possessive inflection of xóokéhle (-xóokéhle)
singular plural
1st person sexóokéhle naxexóokéhle
2nd person nexóokéhle
3rd person 1) gixóokéhle
2) mexóokéhle goxóokéhle
4th person yexóokéhle
reflexive sp. ɂedexóokéhle kedexóokéhle
unsp. dexóokéhle
reciprocal ɂełexóokéhle
indefinite ɂexóokéhle
areal goxóokéhle

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 236