sahyaa

South Slavey

Etymology

From sah (“bear”) +‎ -yaa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sà.ʰjàː], [sà.ʰʒàː]
• Hyphenation: sah‧yaa

Noun

sahyaa (stem -sahyaa-)

1. bear cub

Inflection

Possessive inflection of sahyaa (-sahyaá)

		singular	plural
1st person		sesahyaá	naxesahyaá
2nd person		nesahyaá
3rd person	1)	—	gisahyaá
	2)	mesahyaá	gosahyaá
4th person		yesahyaá
reflexive	sp.	ɂedesahyaá	kedesahyaá
	unsp.	desahyaá
reciprocal		—	ɂełesahyaá
indefinite		ɂesahyaá
areal		gosahyaá

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 240