tsé

See also: tse, TSE, tše, tsɛ, and -tse

French

Alternative forms

• t’sais

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tse/

Contraction

tsé

1. (Quebec) Contracted form of tu sais; you know

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Jicarilla

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ce·. Cognate with Western Apache tséé, Chiricahua tsé, Navajo tsé, Lipan tsí, Plains Apache tséé, Tsuut'ina tsáh, Chipewyan tθee, Beaver chée, Carrier tθee, Sekani tsee, Ahtna tsʼes, Dogrib kwe. Distantly cognate to Ket ты’сь (təˀs).

Noun

tsé

1. rock, stone, boulder

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Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ce·. Cognate with Western Apache tséé, Chiricahua tsé, Jicarilla tsé, Lipan tsí, Plains Apache tséé, Tsuut'ina tsáh, Chipewyan tθee, Beaver chée, Carrier tθee, Sekani tsee, Ahtna tsʼes, Dogrib kwe. Distantly cognate to Ket ты’сь (təˀs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sʰɛ́/

Noun

tsé

1. rock, stone, boulder

Inflection

possessives of tsé

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sitseʼ	nihitseʼ	danihitseʼ
2nd person	nitseʼ	nihitseʼ	danihitseʼ
3rd person	bitseʼ
4th person (3o)	yitseʼ
4th person (3a)	hatseʼ
Indefinite (3i)	atseʼ

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Hooghan Tsé Bee Ádaalyaaí bikéyah (“Zimbabwe”)
• Tsé Bitʼaʼí (“Shiprock, New Mexico”)
• tsé dizéígíí (“sandstone”)
• tsé naatʼaʼí (“asteroid”)
• tsé nahalinii (“stonefish”)

• tsé nástáán (“petrified wood”)
• tsésǫʼ
• tsétah gah
• tsééh