mbeh
Dogrib edit
Noun edit
mbeh
South Slavey edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Fort Liard) meh
Etymology edit
From Proto-Athabaskan *weˑš. Cognate with Navajo béésh and Dogrib mbeh.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mbeh (stem -mbeh-)
Inflection edit
Possessive inflection of mbeh (-mbehé)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sembehé | naxembehé | |
| 2nd person | nembehé | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gimbehé |
| 2) | membehé | gombehé | |
| 4th person | yembehé | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedembehé | kedembehé |
| unsp. | dembehé | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełembehé | |
| indefinite | ɂembehé | ||
| areal | gombehé | ||
| 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 edit
References edit
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 11