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South Slavey
Etymology
From sah (“bear”) + -cho. Akin to Navajo shashtsoh and Dogrib sahcho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: sah‧cho
Noun
sahcho (stem -sahcho-)
- grizzly
Inflection
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 251
- “bear (grizzly)”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 126