jíye
South Slavey
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *giʼgə. Cognates include Navajo didzé and Dogrib jìe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jíye (stem -jíye-)
Inflection
[edit]Possessive inflection of jíye (-jiyeé)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sejiyeé | naxejiyeé | |
| 2nd person | nejiyeé | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gijiyeé |
| 2) | mejiyeé | gojiyeé | |
| 4th person | yejiyeé | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedejiyeé | kedejiyeé |
| unsp. | dejiyeé | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełejiyeé | |
| indefinite | ɂejiyeé | ||
| areal | gojiyeé | ||
| 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. | |||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 92