jíye
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South Slavey[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Athabaskan *giʼgə. Cognates include Navajo didzé and Dogrib jìe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jíye (stem -jíye-)
Inflection[edit]
Possessive inflection of jíye (-jiyeé)
singular | plural | ||
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1st person | sejiyeé | naxejiyeé | |
2nd person | nejiyeé | ||
3rd person | 1) | — | gijiyeé |
2) | mejiyeé | gojiyeé | |
4th person | yejiyeé | ||
reflexive | sp. | ɂedejiyeé | kedejiyeé |
unsp. | dejiyeé | ||
reciprocal | — | ɂełejiyeé | |
indefinite | ɂejiyeé | ||
areal | gojiyeé | ||
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[edit]
References[edit]
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 92