mbeh
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Dogrib
[edit]Noun
[edit]mbeh
South Slavey
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (Fort Liard) meh
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *weˑš. Cognate with Navajo béésh and Dogrib mbeh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mbeh (stem -mbeh-)
Inflection
[edit]Possessive inflection of mbeh (-mbehé)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sembehé | naxembehé | |
| 2nd person | nembehé | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gimbehé |
| 2) | membehé | gombehé | |
| 4th person | yembehé | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedembehé | kedembehé |
| unsp. | dembehé | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełembehé | |
| indefinite | ɂembehé | ||
| areal | gombehé | ||
| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 11