bebíah

South Slavey

Etymology

From bebí (“baby”) +‎ -ah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛ̀.pɪ́.à(h)]
• Hyphenation: be‧bí‧ah

Noun

bebíah (stem -bebíah-)

1. diminutive of bebí

Inflection

Possessive inflection of bebíah (-bebíah)

		singular	plural
1st person		sebebíah	naxebebíah
2nd person		nebebíah
3rd person	1)	—	gibebíah
	2)	mebebíah	gobebíah
4th person		yebebíah
reflexive	sp.	ɂedebebíah	kedebebíah
	unsp.	debebíah
reciprocal		—	ɂełebebíah
indefinite		ɂebebíah
areal		gobebíah
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

• “baby”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎^[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 5