shát

See also: shat and Shat

Tlingit

Etymology

Cognate with Holikachuk ts’an, Southern Carrier t’et

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃát/

Usage notes

• As a kinship term, this noun cannot occur without a possessor.

Noun

shát (see inflected forms below)

1. wife

   Dáx̱náx̱ du shátx’i hás yatee. - He had two wives.

Possessives of shát

		singular	plural
1st person		ax̱ shát	haa shát
2nd person		i shát	yee shát
3rd person	human	du shát
	non-human	a shát
	proximate	ash shát
indefinite	human	ha shát
	non-human	at shát
reflexive		chush shát
reciprocal		woosh shát