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shǫ

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South Slavey

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Etymology

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Cognate with Dogrib sǫǫ̀.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃõ̞̀(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: shǫ

Noun

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shǫ (stem -yǫ-)

  1. old age
    shǫ ɂayįlá(s)he is old (literally, “old age has him/her”)

Inflection

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Possessive inflection of shǫ (-yǫe)
singular plural
1st person seyǫe naxeyǫe
2nd person neyǫe
3rd person 1) giyǫe
2) meyǫe goyǫe
4th person yeyǫe
reflexive sp. ɂedeyǫe kedeyǫe
unsp. deyǫe
reciprocal ɂełeyǫe
indefinite ɂeyǫe
areal goyǫe

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 161
  • Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 178