éesh

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Tlingit

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ʔíːʃ]

Noun

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éesh (see inflected forms below)

  1. father

Usage notes

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  • This is a kinship term, and so cannot occur without a possessor. The exception to this is if the speaker is addressing their own father.
  • The term is used to describe both one's birth father, and a male in one's father's clan who are in the same generation as one's birth father as an expression of personal closeness.