xay

See also: xây

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy. Cognates include Navajo hai and Dogrib xo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xàj/

Noun

xay

  1. winter
  2. (+ numeral) year

Declension
Possessive inflection of xay (alienable; stem: -ghayé)
singular plural
1st person seghayé naxeghayé
2nd person neghayé
3rd person1) meghayé gighayé
3rd person2) goghayé
4th person yeghayé
reflexive ɂedeghayé,
deghayé		 kedeghayé
reciprocal — ɂełeghayé
indefinite ɂeghayé
areal goghayé
1) Used for a possessed object when the subject is third person human plural and object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition doesn't apply.

References
  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 92

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *tʃeː (“to grind, to husk rice”). Related to chày.

Pronunciation

Verb

xay • (𢴘)

  1. to grind; to crush; to pulverize

Derived terms
Derived terms

Yámana

Pronoun

xay

  1. I
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