ɂahcho

South Slavey

Etymology

From ɂah (“snowshoe”) +‎ -cho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔà.ʰt͡ʃʰò̞(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: ɂah‧cho

Noun

ɂahcho (stem -ɂahcho-)

1. snowshoe used for hunting

Inflection

Possessive inflection of ɂahcho (-ɂahécho)

		singular	plural
1st person		seɂahécho	naxeɂahécho
2nd person		neɂahécho
3rd person	1)	—	giɂahécho
	2)	meɂahécho	goɂahécho
4th person		yeɂahécho
reflexive	sp.	ɂedeɂahécho	kedeɂahécho
	unsp.	deɂahécho
reciprocal		—	ɂełeɂahécho
indefinite		ɂeɂahécho
areal		goɂahécho

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

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 238
• “snowshoe (hunting)”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎^[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 118