tlįcho

See also: Tłįchǫ

South Slavey

Alternative forms

• tlįsho

Etymology

From tlį (“dog”) +‎ -cho. This is a common pattern among Native Americans (compare Plains Cree mistatim), referring to the reintroduction of the horse by the Europeans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɬʰĩ̀.t͡ʃʰò̞(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: tlį‧cho

Noun

tlįcho (stem -tlįcho-)

1. horse

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tlįcho (-tlįchoó)

		singular	plural
1st person		setlįchoó	naxetlįchoó
2nd person		netlįchoó
3rd person	1)	—	gitlįchoó
	2)	metlįchoó	gotlįchoó
4th person		yetlįchoó
reflexive	sp.	ɂedetlįchoó	kedetlįchoó
	unsp.	detlįchoó
reciprocal		—	ɂełetlįchoó
indefinite		ɂetlįchoó
areal		gotlįchoó
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 35