sadzee

South Slavey

Etymology

From sa (“sun”) +‎ -dzee (“heart”). Akin to Dogrib sadzeè.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sà.t͡sɛ̀ː]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧dzee

Noun

sadzee (stem -sadzee-)

  1. time
  2. watch

Inflection
Possessive inflection of sadzee (-sadzeé)
singular plural
1st person sesadzeé naxesadzeé
2nd person nesadzeé
3rd person 1) — gisadzeé
2) mesadzeé gosadzeé
4th person yesadzeé
reflexive sp. ɂedesadzeé kedesadzeé
unsp. desadzeé
reciprocal — ɂełesadzeé
indefinite ɂesadzeé
areal gosadzeé
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 24
  • “time”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎, South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009
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