deneke

South Slavey

Etymology

From dene (“person”) +‎ -ke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛ̀.nɛ̀.cʰɛ̀(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