tlįcho

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See also: Tłįchǫ

South Slavey

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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tlįcho (stem -tlįcho-)

  1. horse

Inflection

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References

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  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 35