xeníh

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣ənʸəʼs. Cognates include Dogrib xı̨ı̨̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çɛ̀.ní(h)]
• Hyphenation: xe‧níh

Noun

xeníh (stem -xenídh-)

1. raft

Inflection

Possessive inflection of xeníh (-xenídhé)

		singular	plural
1st person		sexenídhé	naxexenídhé
2nd person		nexenídhé
3rd person	1)	—	gixenídhé
	2)	mexenídhé	goxenídhé
4th person		yexenídhé
reflexive	sp.	ɂedexenídhé	kedexenídhé
	unsp.	dexenídhé
reciprocal		—	ɂełexenídhé
indefinite		ɂexenídhé
areal		goxenídhé

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 99