tlįcho
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See also: Tłįchǫ
South Slavey[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tlį (“dog”) + -cho. This is a common pattern among Native Americans (compare Plains Cree mistatim), referring to the reintroduction of the horse by the Europeans.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tlįcho (stem -tlįcho-)
Inflection[edit]
Possessive inflection of tlįcho (-tlįchoó)
singular | plural | ||
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1st person | setlįchoó | naxetlįchoó | |
2nd person | netlįchoó | ||
3rd person | 1) | — | gitlįchoó |
2) | metlįchoó | gotlįchoó | |
4th person | yetlįchoó | ||
reflexive | sp. | ɂedetlįchoó | kedetlįchoó |
unsp. | detlįchoó | ||
reciprocal | — | ɂełetlįchoó | |
indefinite | ɂetlįchoó | ||
areal | gotlįchoó | ||
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 35