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sahcho

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South Slavey

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Etymology

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From sah (bear) +‎ -cho. Akin to Navajo shashtsoh and Dogrib sahcho.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sà.ʰt͡ʃʰò̞(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: sah‧cho

Noun

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sahcho (stem -sahcho-)

  1. grizzly

Inflection

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Possessive inflection of sahcho (-sahchoó)
singular plural
1st person sesahchoó naxesahchoó
2nd person nesahchoó
3rd person 1) gisahchoó
2) mesahchoó gosahchoó
4th person yesahchoó
reflexive sp. ɂedesahchoó kedesahchoó
unsp. desahchoó
reciprocal ɂełesahchoó
indefinite ɂesahchoó
areal gosahchoó

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 251
  • “bear (grizzly)”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 126