ɂejide

South Slavey

Alternative forms

• ɂejire

Etymology

Cognates include Dogrib ejire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛ̀.t͡ʃɪ̀.tɛ̀(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: ɂe‧ji‧de

Noun

ɂejide (stem -ɂejid-)

1. buffalo
2. cow, cattle

Inflection

Possessive inflection of ɂejide (-ɂejidé)

		singular	plural
1st person		seɂejidé	naxeɂejidé
2nd person		neɂejidé
3rd person	1)	—	giɂejidé
	2)	meɂejidé	goɂejidé
4th person		yeɂejidé
reflexive	sp.	ɂedeɂejidé	kedeɂejidé
	unsp.	deɂejidé
reciprocal		—	ɂełeɂejidé
indefinite		ɂeɂejidé
areal		goɂejidé

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 163
• “cattle”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎^[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 127