xah
Dogrib edit
Noun edit
xah
South Slavey edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αx̣. Cognates include Dogrib xah.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
xah (stem -gha-)
Inflection edit
Possessive inflection of xah (-ghaá)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | seghaá | naxeghaá | |
| 2nd person | neghaá | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gighaá |
| 2) | meghaá | goghaá | |
| 4th person | yeghaá | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedeghaá | kedeghaá |
| unsp. | deghaá | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełeghaá | |
| indefinite | ɂeghaá | ||
| areal | goghaá | ||
| 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 95