nódayaa

South Slavey

Etymology

From nóda (“cat”) +‎ -yaa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nó̞.tà.jàː]
• Hyphenation: nó‧da‧yaa

Noun

nódayaa (stem -nódayaa-)

1. kitten

Inflection

Possessive inflection of nódayaa (-nódayaá)

		singular	plural
1st person		senódayaá	naxenódayaá
2nd person		nenódayaá
3rd person	1)	—	ginódayaá
	2)	menódayaá	gonódayaá
4th person		yenódayaá
reflexive	sp.	ɂedenódayaá	kedenódayaá
	unsp.	denódayaá
reciprocal		—	ɂełenódayaá
indefinite		ɂenódayaá
areal		gonódayaá
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

• “cat (young)”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎^[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 127