xah

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Dogrib

Noun

xah

  1. goose

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αx̣. Cognates include Dogrib xah.

Pronunciation

Noun

xah (stem -gha-)

  1. goose

Inflection

Possessive inflection of xah (-ghaá)
singular plural
1st person seghaá naxeghaá
2nd person neghaá
3rd person 1) — gighaá
2) meghaá goghaá
4th person yeghaá
reflexive sp. ɂedeghaá kedeghaá
unsp. deghaá
reciprocal — ɂełeghaá
indefinite ɂeghaá
areal goghaá
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 95
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