kʼáy
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South Slavey[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Athabaskan *qʼαʼy. Cognates include Navajo kʼaiʼ and Dogrib k'àa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kʼáy (stem -kʼáy-)
Inflection[edit]
Possessive inflection of kʼáy (-kʼáyé)
singular | plural | ||
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1st person | sekʼáyé | naxekʼáyé | |
2nd person | nekʼáyé | ||
3rd person | 1) | — | gikʼáyé |
2) | mekʼáyé | gokʼáyé | |
4th person | yekʼáyé | ||
reflexive | sp. | ɂedekʼáyé | kedekʼáyé |
unsp. | dekʼáyé | ||
reciprocal | — | ɂełekʼáyé | |
indefinite | ɂekʼáyé | ||
areal | gokʼáyé | ||
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[edit]
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 96