tlįcho
See also: Tłįchǫ
South Slavey
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tlį (“dog”) + -cho. This is a common pattern among Native Americans (compare Plains Cree mistatim), referring to the reintroduction of the horse by the Europeans.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tlįcho (stem -tlįcho-)
Inflection
[edit]| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | setlįchoó | naxetlįchoó | |
| 2nd person | netlįchoó | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gitlįchoó |
| 2) | metlįchoó | gotlįchoó | |
| 4th person | yetlįchoó | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedetlįchoó | kedetlįchoó |
| unsp. | detlįchoó | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełetlįchoó | |
| indefinite | ɂetlįchoó | ||
| areal | gotlįchoó | ||
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
[edit]- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 35