éesh

Tlingit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʔíːʃ]

Noun

éesh (see inflected forms below)

1. father

possessives of éesh

	singular	plural
1st person	ax̱ éesh	haa éesh
2nd person	i éesh	yee éesh
3rd person (human)	du éesh
3rd person (non-human)	a éesh
3rd person (proximate)	ash éesh
Indefinite (human)	ha éesh
Indefinite (non-human)	at éesh
Reflexive	chush éesh
Reciprocal	woosh éesh

Usage notes

• This is a kinship term, and so cannot occur without a possessor. The exception to this is if the speaker is addressing their own father.
• The term is used to describe both one's birth father, and a male in one's father's clan who are in the same generation as one's birth father as an expression of personal closeness.