Fromkǫ́(“fire”) +tu(“water”), probably acalque of anAlgonquian language, whence alsoEnglishfirewater.
kǫ́tu (stem-kǫ́tu-)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sekǫ́tué | naxekǫ́tué | |
| 2nd person | nekǫ́tué | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gikǫ́tué |
| 2) | mekǫ́tué | gokǫ́tué | |
| 4th person | yekǫ́tué | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedekǫ́tué | kedekǫ́tué |
| unsp. | dekǫ́tué | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełekǫ́tué | |
| indefinite | ɂekǫ́tué | ||
| areal | gokǫ́tué | ||
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.