sahcho

South Slavey

Etymology

From sah (“bear”) +‎ -cho. Akin to Navajo shashtsoh and Dogrib sahcho.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sà.ʰt͡ʃʰò̞]
  • Hyphenation: sah‧cho

Noun

sahcho (stem -sahcho-)

  1. grizzly

Inflection
Possessive inflection of sahcho (-sahchoó)
singular plural
1st person sesahchoó naxesahchoó
2nd person nesahchoó
3rd person 1) — gisahchoó
2) mesahchoó gosahchoó
4th person yesahchoó
reflexive sp. ɂedesahchoó kedesahchoó
unsp. desahchoó
reciprocal — ɂełesahchoó
indefinite ɂesahchoó
areal gosahchoó
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.

References
  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 251
  • “bear (grizzly)”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 126
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