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deneke

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South Slavey

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Etymology

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From dene (person) +‎ -ke.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tɛ̀.nɛ̀.cʰɛ̀(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: de‧ne‧ke

Noun

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deneke (stem -deneke-)

  1. (collective) people

Inflection

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Possessive inflection of deneke (-deneéke)
singular plural
1st person sedeneéke naxedeneéke
2nd person nedeneéke
3rd person 1) gideneéke
2) medeneéke godeneéke
4th person yedeneéke
reflexive sp. ɂededeneéke kededeneéke
unsp. dedeneéke
reciprocal ɂełedeneéke
indefinite ɂedeneéke
areal godeneéke

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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  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 247
  • “people”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 6