tsá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tsa"

Irish

Alternative forms

• tsáthadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːhu/

Noun

tsá

1. Lenited form of sá (after an and, in some dialects, after any l or n).

South Slavey

Alternative forms

• chá (Fort Liard)

Etymology

Cognates include Navajo chaaʼ and Hän tsà’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʰá(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: tsá

Noun

tsá (stem -tsá-)

1. beaver

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tsá (-tsáá)

		singular	plural
1st person		setsáá	naxetsáá
2nd person		netsáá
3rd person	1)	—	gitsáá
	2)	metsáá	gotsáá
4th person		yetsáá
reflexive	sp.	ɂedetsáá	kedetsáá
	unsp.	detsáá
reciprocal		—	ɂełetsáá
indefinite		ɂetsáá
areal		gotsáá
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.

Derived terms

• tsáah
• tsádhéh

 

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 37