kʼáy
South Slavey edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Athabaskan *qʼαʼy. Cognates include Navajo kʼaiʼ and Dogrib k'àa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kʼáy (stem -kʼáy-)
Inflection edit
Possessive inflection of kʼáy (-kʼáyé)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sekʼáyé | naxekʼáyé | |
| 2nd person | nekʼáyé | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gikʼáyé |
| 2) | mekʼáyé | gokʼáyé | |
| 4th person | yekʼáyé | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedekʼáyé | kedekʼáyé |
| unsp. | dekʼáyé | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełekʼáyé | |
| indefinite | ɂekʼáyé | ||
| areal | gokʼáyé | ||
| 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 96