chǫ
Dogrib edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Athabaskan *kʸan. Cognates include South Slavey chǫ and Ahtna caan.
Noun edit
chǫ
South Slavey edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Athabaskan *kʸan. Cognates include Dogrib chǫ and Ahtna caan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chǫ (stem -chon-)
Inflection edit
Possessive inflection of chǫ (-choné)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sechoné | naxechoné | |
| 2nd person | nechoné | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gichoné |
| 2) | mechoné | gochoné | |
| 4th person | yechoné | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedechoné | kedechoné |
| unsp. | dechoné | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełechoné | |
| indefinite | ɂechoné | ||
| areal | gochoné | ||
| 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 38