tsǫ́
South Slavey
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan [Term?]. Cognates include Navajo chąąʼ and Dogrib tsǫ̀.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sʰṍ/
Noun
tsǫ́
- excrement, feces
Declension
Possessive inflection of tsǫ́ (alienable; stem: -tsóné)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
1st person | setsóné | naxetsóné |
2nd person | netsóné | |
3rd person1) | metsóné | gitsóné |
3rd person2) | gotsóné | |
4th person | yetsóné | |
reflexive | ɂedetsóné, detsóné | kedetsóné |
reciprocal | — | ɂełetsóné |
indefinite | ɂetsóné | |
areal | gotsóné | |
1) Used for a possessed object when the subject is third person human plural and object is singular. 2) Used when the previous condition doesn't apply. |
References
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 218