tleh

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tlein

Pronoun

tleh (plural tleihqueh)

1. (interrogative) what

Related terms

• ahtle

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