tleh

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronoun

tleh (plural tleihqueh)

  1. (interrogative) what

References
  • Michel Launey with Christopher Mackay (2011) An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Amazon Kindle: Cambridge University Press, page Loc 1452

South Slavey

Etymology

Cognate with Dogrib tłe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɬʰɛ̀(h)]
  • Hyphenation: tleh

Noun

tleh (stem -tleh-)

  1. lard

Inflection
Possessive inflection of tleh (-tlehé)
singular plural
1st person setlehé naxetlehé
2nd person netlehé
3rd person 1) — gitlehé
2) metlehé gotlehé
4th person yetlehé
reflexive sp. ɂedetlehé kedetlehé
unsp. detlehé
reciprocal — ɂełetlehé
indefinite ɂetlehé
areal gotlehé
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 38
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