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tsé

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tse"

French

Alternative forms

t’sais, tsey

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tse/
Audio (Canada): (file)

Contraction

tsé

(Quebec) Contracted form of tu sais; you know

Jicarilla

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Na-Dene *caj. Cognates include Western Apache tséé and Navajo tsé.

Noun

tsé

rock, stone, boulder

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Na-Dene *caj. Cognates include Western Apache tséé and Chiricahua tsé and possibly Ket ты’сь.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sʰɛ́/

Noun

tsé

rock, stone, boulder

Inflection

possessives of tsé

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sitseʼ	nihitseʼ	danihitseʼ
2nd person	nitseʼ	nihitseʼ	danihitseʼ
3rd person	bitseʼ
4th person (3o)	yitseʼ
4th person (3a)	hatseʼ
Indefinite (3i)	atseʼ

Derived terms

Derived terms

tsé ʼáwózí (“flint”)
Tsé Bitʼaʼí (“Shiprock, New Mexico”)
tsé dizéígíí (“sandstone”)
tsé naatʼaʼí (“asteroid”)
Tsé Náhádzoh (“Twin Lakes, New Mexico”)
Tsé Náshchiiʼ (“Hunter's Point, Arizona”)
tsé nahalinii (“stonefish”)
tsé nástáán (“petrified wood”)
tsé nidaaz (“iron ore”)
tsésǫʼ (“glass, mica”)
tsétłʼééł (“flint igniter”)
tsétsoh (“boulder”)
tsézéí (“gravel”)
Tsézhįįh Deezhlį́ (“Black Rock, New Mexico”)
tsééh

Western Apache

Noun

tsé

Alternative form of tséé

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