sadzee

South Slavey

Etymology

From sa (“sun”) +‎ -dzee (“heart”). Akin to Dogrib sadzeè.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sà.t͡sɛ̀ː]
• Hyphenation: sa‧dzee

Noun

sadzee (stem -sadzee-)

1. time
2. watch

Inflection

Possessive inflection of sadzee (-sadzeé)

		singular	plural
1st person		sesadzeé	naxesadzeé
2nd person		nesadzeé
3rd person	1)	—	gisadzeé
	2)	mesadzeé	gosadzeé
4th person		yesadzeé
reflexive	sp.	ɂedesadzeé	kedesadzeé
	unsp.	desadzeé
reciprocal		—	ɂełesadzeé
indefinite		ɂesadzeé
areal		gosadzeé

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 24
• “time”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎^[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009