tsʼah

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sʼɑ̀x/

• Audio (NV)

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Noun

tsʼah

1. sagebrush, sage (Artemisia tridentada)

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼəx̣d. Cognates include Navajo chʼah and Dogrib tsʼah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʼà(h)]
• Hyphenation: tsʼah

Noun

tsʼah (stem -tsʼad-／-tsʼar-)

1. hat

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tsʼah (-tsʼadé)

		singular	plural
1st person		setsʼadé	naxetsʼadé
2nd person		netsʼadé
3rd person	1)	—	gitsʼadé
	2)	metsʼadé	gotsʼadé
4th person		yetsʼadé
reflexive	sp.	ɂedetsʼadé	kedetsʼadé
	unsp.	detsʼadé
reciprocal		—	ɂełetsʼadé
indefinite		ɂetsʼadé
areal		gotsʼadé
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.

Possessive inflection of tsʼah (-tsʼaré)

		singular	plural
1st person		setsʼaré	naxetsʼaré
2nd person		netsʼaré
3rd person	1)	—	gitsʼaré
	2)	metsʼaré	gotsʼaré
4th person		yetsʼaré
reflexive	sp.	ɂedetsʼaré	kedetsʼaré
	unsp.	detsʼaré
reciprocal		—	ɂełetsʼaré
indefinite		ɂetsʼaré
areal		gotsʼaré
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 91