"gaan" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

IPA: [kɑ̀ːn], [kɣɑ̀ːn] Forms: gąą- [in-compounds], gą- [in-compounds], gan- [in-compounds], -gaan [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ. Cognates: * Apachean: Western Apache -gan, Chiricahua -gan, Jicarilla -gan, Lipan -gąą’, Plains Apache -gąą * Others: Tsuut’ina -gànὰ’, Hupa -ɢan-, Mattole, -gaane’, Galice gaaneʔ, Chilcotin -gán, Slavey -gǫ́’, Hare -góné’, Dogrib -gǫ̀, Dene Sųłiné -gané, Sekani -gòne’, Dunneza -góné’, Central Tanana -gonaʔ, Hän -gæ̀nn’, Ahtna -ɢaane’, Dena'ina -ɢuna, Eyak -ɢəla’, Tlingit jín ("hand") Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ}} Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ Head templates: {{head|nv|noun|head=-gaan}} -gaan
  1. arm, foreleg, limb, branch, front wheel Tags: inalienable Categories (topical): Limbs
    Sense id: en-gaan-nv-noun-1Jk26Zeh Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header Derived forms: chidí bigaan (english: front wheel of car), -gaan ahánáwoʼó gónaa (english: knuckle/wrist/elbow/shoulder joint), -gaan bitaʼ sitání (compare -gąąstsʼin bitaʼ sitání) (english: humerus, upper arm bone), -gaan kʼézʼáí (compare -gąą doo ahą́ą́h ndeełí) (english: paralyzed/stiff arm), -gaanlóóʼ (also -gąąlóóʼ) (english: forearm, lower arm, ulna), -ganighah (alt: also -gąąghah, compare -gąnaghah, -gąną́ghah) (english: area of scapula, back of arm), -gąnaghah (also -gąną́ghah, compare -gąąghah, -ganighah) (english: around back of arm over shoulder), -gąnághah (also -gąnąghah, compare -gąąghah, -ganighah) (english: around back of arm over shoulder), -gąą agodí (compare -gąąʼagod) (english: cut-off arm), -gąą doo ahą́ą́h ndeełí (compare -gaan kʼézʼáí) (english: stiff/paralyzed arm), -gąąʼagod (compare -gąą agodí) (english: amputated arm stump), -gąąbąstʼáán (english: arm on fletching), -gąądikééʼ (english: human arm prints, quadruped foreleg prints), -gąądoh (english: arm muscle), -gąąghah (also -ganighah, compare gąnaghah, -gąną́ghah) (english: area of scapula, back of arm), -gąąghahashjééʼ (english: shoulder bands), -gąąghahaztʼiʼ (english: shoulder band), -gąąkʼis (english: arm/foreleg missing, one-armed), -gąąlóóʼ (also -gaanlóóʼ) (english: forearm, lower arm, ulna), -gą́ą́stsiin (also -gąąstsiin) (english: scapula, shoulder blade), -gąąstsiin (compare gąątsʼin, -gąąstsiin, -gą́ą́stsiin) (english: shoulder blade, arm bone), -gąąyaaí (english: forearm), -gąązhnézhí (english: arm fringes), -gąązis (also -gąąziz) (english: sleeve), -gąąziz (also -gąązis) (english: sleeve), -láshgaan (english: fingernail, bird claw, quadruped fore-claws), -késhgaan (english: toenail, quadruped hind-claws), ńdíshchííʼ bigaan (english: pine branch), tsin bigaan (english: tree limb) Derived forms (-gąąstsiin (“scapula, shoulder blade”) (also -gą́ą́stsiin, compare -gąątsʼin, -gąątsʼiin)): -gąąstsiin ałchʼįʼ nahííláhí (english: spinal area between scapula), -gąąstsiin ałchʼįʼ nihiníláagi (english: between shoulder blades, horse withers) Derived forms (-gąątsʼin (“arm/foreleg bone”) (compare gąąstsiin, -gą́ą́stsiin, -gąąstsʼiin)): -gąąstsʼin bitaʼ sitání (compare -gaan bitaʼ sitání) (english: humerus, upper arm bone) Derived forms (gaanee (“by hand, manual, armway”)): gaanee naanish (english: manual labor, hand labor, unskilled labor)

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        "3": "*-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ"
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      "form": "gan-",
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    },
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      "form": "-gaan",
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        {
          "english": "front wheel of car",
          "word": "chidí bigaan"
        },
        {
          "english": "knuckle/wrist/elbow/shoulder joint",
          "word": "-gaan ahánáwoʼó gónaa"
        },
        {
          "english": "humerus, upper arm bone",
          "roman": "compare -gąąstsʼin bitaʼ sitání",
          "word": "-gaan bitaʼ sitání"
        },
        {
          "english": "paralyzed/stiff arm",
          "roman": "compare -gąą doo ahą́ą́h ndeełí",
          "word": "-gaan kʼézʼáí"
        },
        {
          "english": "forearm, lower arm, ulna",
          "roman": "also -gąąlóóʼ",
          "word": "-gaanlóóʼ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "also -gąąghah, compare -gąnaghah, -gąną́ghah",
          "english": "area of scapula, back of arm",
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          "english": "around back of arm over shoulder",
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        },
        {
          "english": "cut-off arm",
          "roman": "compare -gąąʼagod",
          "word": "-gąą agodí"
        },
        {
          "english": "stiff/paralyzed arm",
          "roman": "compare -gaan kʼézʼáí",
          "word": "-gąą doo ahą́ą́h ndeełí"
        },
        {
          "english": "amputated arm stump",
          "roman": "compare -gąą agodí",
          "word": "-gąąʼagod"
        },
        {
          "english": "arm on fletching",
          "word": "-gąąbąstʼáán"
        },
        {
          "english": "human arm prints, quadruped foreleg prints",
          "word": "-gąądikééʼ"
        },
        {
          "english": "arm muscle",
          "word": "-gąądoh"
        },
        {
          "english": "area of scapula, back of arm",
          "roman": "also -ganighah, compare gąnaghah, -gąną́ghah",
          "word": "-gąąghah"
        },
        {
          "english": "shoulder bands",
          "word": "-gąąghahashjééʼ"
        },
        {
          "english": "shoulder band",
          "word": "-gąąghahaztʼiʼ"
        },
        {
          "english": "arm/foreleg missing, one-armed",
          "word": "-gąąkʼis"
        },
        {
          "english": "forearm, lower arm, ulna",
          "roman": "also -gaanlóóʼ",
          "word": "-gąąlóóʼ"
        },
        {
          "english": "scapula, shoulder blade",
          "roman": "also -gąąstsiin",
          "word": "-gą́ą́stsiin"
        },
        {
          "english": "shoulder blade, arm bone",
          "roman": "compare gąątsʼin, -gąąstsiin, -gą́ą́stsiin",
          "word": "-gąąstsiin"
        },
        {
          "english": "forearm",
          "word": "-gąąyaaí"
        },
        {
          "english": "arm fringes",
          "word": "-gąązhnézhí"
        },
        {
          "english": "sleeve",
          "roman": "also -gąąziz",
          "word": "-gąązis"
        },
        {
          "english": "sleeve",
          "roman": "also -gąązis",
          "word": "-gąąziz"
        },
        {
          "english": "fingernail, bird claw, quadruped fore-claws",
          "word": "-láshgaan"
        },
        {
          "english": "toenail, quadruped hind-claws",
          "word": "-késhgaan"
        },
        {
          "english": "pine branch",
          "word": "ńdíshchííʼ bigaan"
        },
        {
          "english": "tree limb",
          "word": "tsin bigaan"
        },
        {
          "english": "manual labor, hand labor, unskilled labor",
          "sense": "gaanee (“by hand, manual, armway”)",
          "word": "gaanee naanish"
        },
        {
          "english": "spinal area between scapula",
          "sense": "-gąąstsiin (“scapula, shoulder blade”) (also -gą́ą́stsiin, compare -gąątsʼin, -gąątsʼiin)",
          "word": "-gąąstsiin ałchʼįʼ nahííláhí"
        },
        {
          "english": "between shoulder blades, horse withers",
          "sense": "-gąąstsiin (“scapula, shoulder blade”) (also -gą́ą́stsiin, compare -gąątsʼin, -gąątsʼiin)",
          "word": "-gąąstsiin ałchʼįʼ nihiníláagi"
        },
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          "english": "humerus, upper arm bone",
          "roman": "compare -gaan bitaʼ sitání",
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    {
      "ipa": "[kɣɑ̀ːn]"
    }
  ],
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "front wheel of car",
      "word": "chidí bigaan"
    },
    {
      "english": "knuckle/wrist/elbow/shoulder joint",
      "word": "-gaan ahánáwoʼó gónaa"
    },
    {
      "english": "humerus, upper arm bone",
      "roman": "compare -gąąstsʼin bitaʼ sitání",
      "word": "-gaan bitaʼ sitání"
    },
    {
      "english": "paralyzed/stiff arm",
      "roman": "compare -gąą doo ahą́ą́h ndeełí",
      "word": "-gaan kʼézʼáí"
    },
    {
      "english": "manual labor, hand labor, unskilled labor",
      "sense": "gaanee (“by hand, manual, armway”)",
      "word": "gaanee naanish"
    },
    {
      "english": "forearm, lower arm, ulna",
      "roman": "also -gąąlóóʼ",
      "word": "-gaanlóóʼ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "also -gąąghah, compare -gąnaghah, -gąną́ghah",
      "english": "area of scapula, back of arm",
      "word": "-ganighah"
    },
    {
      "english": "around back of arm over shoulder",
      "roman": "also -gąną́ghah, compare -gąąghah, -ganighah",
      "word": "-gąnaghah"
    },
    {
      "english": "around back of arm over shoulder",
      "roman": "also -gąnąghah, compare -gąąghah, -ganighah",
      "word": "-gąnághah"
    },
    {
      "english": "cut-off arm",
      "roman": "compare -gąąʼagod",
      "word": "-gąą agodí"
    },
    {
      "english": "stiff/paralyzed arm",
      "roman": "compare -gaan kʼézʼáí",
      "word": "-gąą doo ahą́ą́h ndeełí"
    },
    {
      "english": "amputated arm stump",
      "roman": "compare -gąą agodí",
      "word": "-gąąʼagod"
    },
    {
      "english": "arm on fletching",
      "word": "-gąąbąstʼáán"
    },
    {
      "english": "human arm prints, quadruped foreleg prints",
      "word": "-gąądikééʼ"
    },
    {
      "english": "arm muscle",
      "word": "-gąądoh"
    },
    {
      "english": "area of scapula, back of arm",
      "roman": "also -ganighah, compare gąnaghah, -gąną́ghah",
      "word": "-gąąghah"
    },
    {
      "english": "shoulder bands",
      "word": "-gąąghahashjééʼ"
    },
    {
      "english": "shoulder band",
      "word": "-gąąghahaztʼiʼ"
    },
    {
      "english": "arm/foreleg missing, one-armed",
      "word": "-gąąkʼis"
    },
    {
      "english": "forearm, lower arm, ulna",
      "roman": "also -gaanlóóʼ",
      "word": "-gąąlóóʼ"
    },
    {
      "english": "spinal area between scapula",
      "sense": "-gąąstsiin (“scapula, shoulder blade”) (also -gą́ą́stsiin, compare -gąątsʼin, -gąątsʼiin)",
      "word": "-gąąstsiin ałchʼįʼ nahííláhí"
    },
    {
      "english": "between shoulder blades, horse withers",
      "sense": "-gąąstsiin (“scapula, shoulder blade”) (also -gą́ą́stsiin, compare -gąątsʼin, -gąątsʼiin)",
      "word": "-gąąstsiin ałchʼįʼ nihiníláagi"
    },
    {
      "english": "scapula, shoulder blade",
      "roman": "also -gąąstsiin",
      "word": "-gą́ą́stsiin"
    },
    {
      "english": "shoulder blade, arm bone",
      "roman": "compare gąątsʼin, -gąąstsiin, -gą́ą́stsiin",
      "word": "-gąąstsiin"
    },
    {
      "english": "humerus, upper arm bone",
      "roman": "compare -gaan bitaʼ sitání",
      "sense": "-gąątsʼin (“arm/foreleg bone”) (compare gąąstsiin, -gą́ą́stsiin, -gąąstsʼiin)",
      "word": "-gąąstsʼin bitaʼ sitání"
    },
    {
      "english": "forearm",
      "word": "-gąąyaaí"
    },
    {
      "english": "arm fringes",
      "word": "-gąązhnézhí"
    },
    {
      "english": "sleeve",
      "roman": "also -gąąziz",
      "word": "-gąązis"
    },
    {
      "english": "sleeve",
      "roman": "also -gąązis",
      "word": "-gąąziz"
    },
    {
      "english": "fingernail, bird claw, quadruped fore-claws",
      "word": "-láshgaan"
    },
    {
      "english": "toenail, quadruped hind-claws",
      "word": "-késhgaan"
    },
    {
      "english": "pine branch",
      "word": "ńdíshchííʼ bigaan"
    },
    {
      "english": "tree limb",
      "word": "tsin bigaan"
    }
  ],
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        "arm, foreleg, limb, branch, front wheel"
      ],
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      "ipa": "[kɑ̀ːn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɣɑ̀ːn]"
    }
  ],
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