tsʼélį

South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʼɛ́.ɮĩ̀(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: tsʼé‧lį

Noun

tsʼélį (stem -tsʼélin-)

1. lass

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tsʼélį (-tsʼéliné)

		singular	plural
1st person		setsʼéliné	naxetsʼéliné
2nd person		netsʼéliné
3rd person	1)	—	gitsʼéliné
	2)	metsʼéliné	gotsʼéliné
4th person		yetsʼéliné
reflexive	sp.	ɂedetsʼéliné	kedetsʼéliné
	unsp.	detsʼéliné
reciprocal		—	ɂełetsʼéliné
indefinite		ɂetsʼéliné
areal		gotsʼéliné
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

• tsʼélįah

 

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 264
• “woman”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎^[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 7