deneke

South Slavey

Etymology

From dene (“person”) +‎ -ke.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɛ̀.nɛ̀.kʰɛ̀(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: de‧ne‧ke

Noun

deneke (stem -deneke-)

  1. (collective) people

Inflection
Possessive inflection of deneke (-deneéke)
singular plural
1st person sedeneéke naxedeneéke
2nd person nedeneéke
3rd person 1) — gideneéke
2) medeneéke godeneéke
4th person yedeneéke
reflexive sp. ɂededeneéke kededeneéke
unsp. dedeneéke
reciprocal — ɂełedeneéke
indefinite ɂedeneéke
areal godeneéke
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 247
  • “people”, in Dene Yatié Kʼę́ę́ Ahsíi Yatsʼuuzi Gha Edįhtłʼéh Kátłʼodehche [South Slavey Topical Dictionary Kátłʼodehche dialect]‎, South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 6
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