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bebíah

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South Slavey

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Etymology

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From bebí (baby) +‎ -ah.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pɛ̀.pɪ́.à(h)]
  • Hyphenation: be‧bí‧ah

Noun

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bebíah (stem -bebíah-)

  1. diminutive of bebí

Inflection

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Possessive inflection of bebíah (-bebíah)
singular plural
1st person sebebíah naxebebíah
2nd person nebebíah
3rd person 1) gibebíah
2) mebebíah gobebíah
4th person yebebíah
reflexive sp. ɂedebebíah kedebebíah
unsp. debebíah
reciprocal ɂełebebíah
indefinite ɂebebíah
areal gobebíah

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

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  • “baby”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 5