ɂabá

South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔà.pá(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: ɂa‧bá

Noun

ɂabá (stem -ɂabá-)

1. dad

Inflection

• Invariable. If needed, the possessed forms of ɂetá (“father”) are used:

Possessive inflection of ɂabá (-tá)

		singular	plural
1st person		setá	naxetá
2nd person		netá
3rd person	1)	—	gitá
	2)	metá	gotá
4th person		yetá
reflexive	sp.	ɂedetá	kedetá
	unsp.	detá
reciprocal		—	ɂełetá
indefinite		ɂetá
areal		gotá
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 22