dzéh

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *džeˑx. Cognates include Navajo jeeh and Dogrib dzèh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɛ́(h)]
• Hyphenation: dzéh

Noun

dzéh (stem -dzéh-)

1. gum, resin

Inflection

Possessive inflection of dzéh (-dzéhé)

		singular	plural
1st person		sedzéhé	naxedzéhé
2nd person		nedzéhé
3rd person	1)	—	gidzéhé
	2)	medzéhé	godzéhé
4th person		yedzéhé
reflexive	sp.	ɂededzéhé	kededzéhé
	unsp.	dedzéhé
reciprocal		—	ɂełedzéhé
indefinite		ɂedzéhé
areal		godzéhé
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 12