tlį

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tli"

South Slavey

Etymology

Cognates include Dogrib tłı̨.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɬʰĩ̀(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: tlį

Noun

tlį (stem -lį-)

1. dog

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tlį (-lįé)

		singular	plural
1st person		selįé	naxelįé
2nd person		nelįé
3rd person	1)	—	gilįé
	2)	melįé	golįé
4th person		yelįé
reflexive	sp.	ɂedelįé	kedelįé
	unsp.	delįé
reciprocal		—	ɂełelįé
indefinite		ɂelįé
areal		golįé

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

• tlįah

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 21