shát

See also: shat

Tlingit

Etymology

Cognate with Holikachuk ts’an, Southern Carrier t’et

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃát/

Usage notes

• As a kinship term, this noun cannot occur without a possessor.

Noun

shát (see inflected forms below)

1. wife

   Dáx̱náx̱ du shátx’i hás yatee. - He had two wives.

possessives of shát

	singular	plural
1st person	ax̱ shát	haa shát
2nd person	i shát	yee shát
3rd person (human)	du shát
3rd person (non-human)	a shát
3rd person (proximate)	ash shát
Indefinite (human)	ha shát
Indefinite (non-human)	at shát
Reflexive	chush shát
Reciprocal	woosh shát