kǫ́

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ko"

South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʷʰṍ̞(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: kǫ́

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *qʊʼnʼ. Cognates include Navajo kǫʼ and Dogrib kǫ̀.

Noun

kǫ́ (stem -kón-)

1. fire

Inflection

Possessive inflection of kǫ́ (-kóné)

		singular	plural
1st person		sekóné	naxekóné
2nd person		nekóné
3rd person	1)	—	gikóné
	2)	mekóné	gokóné
4th person		yekóné
reflexive	sp.	ɂedekóné	kedekóné
	unsp.	dekóné
reciprocal		—	ɂełekóné
indefinite		ɂekóné
areal		gokóné

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

• kǫ́túé

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan [Term?]. Cognates include Navajo kin and Dogrib kǫ̀.

Alternative forms

• kų́

Noun

kǫ́ (stem -kǫ́-)

1. house
2. town

Inflection

Possessive inflection of kǫ́ (-kǫ́é)

		singular	plural
1st person		sekǫ́é	naxekǫ́é
2nd person		nekǫ́é
3rd person	1)	—	gikǫ́é
	2)	mekǫ́é	gokǫ́é
4th person		yekǫ́é
reflexive	sp.	ɂedekǫ́é	kedekǫ́é
	unsp.	dekǫ́é
reciprocal		—	ɂełekǫ́é
indefinite		ɂekǫ́é
areal		gokǫ́é

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 100