sahcho

South Slavey

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sà.ʰt͡ʃʰò̞(ʔ)]
• 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]‎^[1], South Slave Divisional Education Council, 2009, page 126