ɂetá

South Slavey

Etymology

Cognates include Dogrib gotà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛ̀.tʰá(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: ɂe‧tá

Noun

ɂetá (stem -tá-)

1. father

Inflection

Possessive inflection of ɂetá (-tá)

		singular	plural
1st person		setá	naxetá
2nd person		netá
3rd person	1)	—	gitá
	2)	metá	gotá
4th person		yetá
reflexive	sp.	ɂedetá	kedetá
	unsp.	detá
reciprocal		—	ɂełetá
indefinite		ɂetá
areal		gotá

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 335
• “my father”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎^[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 9