slavey
/ˈsleɪvi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of an Athabascan First Nations people indigenous to the region near the Great Slave Lake in western Canada
name
A language spoken by the Slavey peoples.
Example Sentences
- "I told a man on the links yesterday that I'd been a slavey for nine months. I was trying to explain why I was a suffragette […]"
- ""Doing? Not a Dam' thing. I mean, I was sitting on the bed lighting a cigarette. We'd just come upstairs. Everything was all right; old Peabody in Sydney and the slavey given a night off to go to the pictures.""
- ""The short-haired slavey who had opened the door now put in an appearance as waiter.""
- "In the Northwest Territories, the languages with official status are English, French, Dëne Sųłıné (Chipewyan), Nēhiyawēwin (Cree), Dene Kǝdǝ́ (Northern Slavey), Dene Zhatıé (Southern Slavey), Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (Gwich’in), Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun and Tłįcho."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave English -y English slavey From slave + -y. Piecewise doublet of Slavic.
Word Breakdown
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Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈsleɪvi/