hatsiʼ

shitsiʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsiʼ (first-person plural)
nitsiʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsiʼ (plural second-person)
bitsiʼ (third-person)
yitsiʼ (fourth-person)
hatsiʼ (fourth-person)
atsiʼ (indefinite)


hayeʼ

hayeʼke (plural)
shiyeʼ (first-person singular)
nihiyeʼ (duoplural first-person)
niyeʼ (second-person singular)
nihiyeʼ (duoplural second-person)
biyeʼ (third-person)
yiyeʼ (fourth-person)
hayeʼ (fourth-person)
ayeʼ (fourth-person singular)
áyeʼ (reflexive singular)
ałyeʼ (duoplural reciprocal)
ahiłyeʼ (duoplural reciprocal)


amá

shimá (first-person singular)
nihimá (duoplural first-person)
danihimá (first-person plural)
nimá (second-person singular)
nihimá (duoplural second-person)
danihimá (plural second-person)
bimá (third-person)
yimá (fourth-person)
hamá (fourth-person)
amá (indefinite)


béeso bá hooghan

béeso (“money”) + bá hooghan (“a house for it”), from bá (“for it”) + hooghan (“house”)


hastiin

Irregular nominalized form of haastih (“s/he is old”, from -TIH, “to be old, decrepit”).


hánaaí

shínaaí (first-person singular)
nihínaaí (duoplural first-person)
danihínaaí (first-person plural)
nínaaí (second-person singular)
nihínaaí (duoplural second-person)
danihínaaí (plural second-person)
bínaaí (third-person)
yínaaí (fourth-person)
hánaaí (fourth-person)
ánaaí (indefinite)

bínaaí

nínaaí

shínaaí


dootłʼizh

The use of dootłʼizh (green) to refer to the dime coin comes from the green color of the fractional currency note for this denomination during the Civil War.


łitso

The use of łitso (yellow) to refer to the nickel coin comes from the gold or yellowish color used in the fractional currency note for this denomination during the Civil War.


łichííʼ

łinishchííʼ (first-person imperfective singular)
łiniichííʼ (duoplural first-person imperfective)
dałiniichííʼ (first-person imperfective plural)
łiníchííʼ (imperfective second-person singular)
łinohchííʼ (duoplural imperfective second-person)
dałinohchííʼ (imperfective plural second-person)
łichííʼ (duoplural imperfective singular third-person)
daalchííʼ (imperfective plural third-person)
dałichííʼ (imperfective plural third-person)
jilchííʼ (duoplural fourth-person imperfective singular)
dajilchííʼ (fourth-person imperfective plural)

/ɬɪ̀t͡ʃʰíːʔ/

łi- (adjectival) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chííʼ (neuter imperfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”).
Compare Dogrib dekʼo, Ahtna ltʼeli.
The łi- prefix appears to have originated historically from the -ł- classifier. When this prefix appears immediately in pre-stem position, it takes the shape of a -l- classifier.

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<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-chííʼ</i>

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-CHIIʼ</i>

Tsídii łichííʼ

Tsídii daalchííʼ


łichííʼ

/ɬɪ̀t͡ʃʰíːʔ/


adeezhí

shideezhí (first-person singular)
nihideezhí (duoplural first-person)
danihideezhí (first-person plural)
nideezhí (second-person singular)
nihideezhí (duoplural second-person)
danihideezhí (plural second-person)
bideezhí (third-person)
yideezhí (fourth-person)
hadeezhí (fourth-person)
adeezhí (indefinite)

alah

brother or sister, sibling of the opposite sex


atʼééd

atʼééké (plural)
sheʼatʼééd (first-person singular)
niheʼatʼééd (duoplural first-person)
daniheʼatʼééd (first-person plural)
neʼatʼééd (second-person singular)
niheʼatʼééd (duoplural second-person)
daniheʼatʼééd (plural second-person)
beʼatʼééd (third-person)
yeʼatʼééd (fourth-person)
hweʼatʼééd (fourth-person)
atʼééd (indefinite)

Compare Tanacross tʼêd (“adolescent girl”)


chʼikę́ę́h

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chʼikę́ę́h (possessed form bichʼeekęʼ, plural chʼikéí)

bichʼeekęʼ (possessed-form)
chʼikéí (plural)

Compare Ahtna tsʼakae (“girl”) and Tanacross tsʼéxeh gaay (“young girl”)

Nahasdzáán bichʼikę́ę́h

maiden, young woman, young girl, adolescent, teenager (aged 13 to 30)


acheii

shicheii (first-person singular)
nihicheii (duoplural first-person)
danihicheii (first-person plural)
nicheii (second-person singular)
nihicheii (duoplural second-person)
danihicheii (plural second-person)
bicheii (third-person)
yicheii (fourth-person)
hacheii (fourth-person)
acheii (indefinite)

maternal grandfather
maternal grandfather

maternal grandfather, as well as any of his brothers (maternal great-uncles)


amá sání

shimá sání (first-person singular)
nihimá sání (duoplural first-person)
danihimá sání (first-person plural)
nimá sání (second-person singular)
nihimá sání (duoplural second-person)
danihimá sání (plural second-person)
bimá sání (third-person)
yimá sání (fourth-person)
hamá sání (fourth-person)
amá sání (indefinite)

shimá sání

maternal grandmother
maternal grandmother

maternal grandmother, as well as any of her sisters (maternal great-aunts)


análí

análíké (plural)
shinálí (first-person singular)
nihinálí (duoplural first-person)
danihinálí (first-person plural)
ninálí (second-person singular)
nihinálí (duoplural second-person)
danihinálí (plural second-person)
binálí (third-person)
yinálí (fourth-person)
hanálí (fourth-person)
análí (indefinite)


asdzání

asdzání (possessed form beʼasdzáán, plural sáanii)

beʼasdzáán (possessed-form)
sáanii (plural)

ʼa- (unspecified person prefix) + -s- (ligature) + -dzą́ (“pitted, having a cavity or hole”, perfective stem) + -n- (ligature) + -í (nominalizer)


baaʼ

From Proto-Athabaskan *-waˑʼɢ (“raid, make war”).

inh

heroine, warrior-girl (used as a component in many feminine personal names)


gíinsi

Borrowed from Spanish quince (“fifteen”).


biyáázh

shiyáázh (first-person singular)
nihiyáázh (duoplural first-person)
danihiyáázh (first-person plural)
niyáázh (second-person singular)
nihiyáázh (duoplural second-person)
danihiyáázh (plural second-person)
biyáázh (third-person)
yiyáázh (fourth-person)
hayáázh (fourth-person)
ayáázh (indefinite)


hweʼesdzáán

hwi- (impersonal 3rd-person possessive) + asdzáán (“woman”)

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beʼesdzáán

sheʼesdzáán


ínáóltąʼí

Ínáóltąʼí díí jį́ akéeʼdi nahalyééh tłʼééʼ ííłníiʼjįʼ

This is the last day, until midnight, to pay your taxes.


amásání

shimásání (first-person singular)
nihimásání (duoplural first-person)
danihimásání (first-person plural)
nimásání (second-person singular)
nihimásání (duoplural second-person)
danihimásání (plural second-person)
bimásání (third-person)
yimásání (fourth-person)
hamásání (fourth-person)
amásání (indefinite)


Amá Bééhániih

amá (“mother”) + bééhániih (“it is remembered”)

Amá Bééhániihígíí binahjįʼ ahéheeʼ dadiiʼní!

In honor of Mother’s Day, we say thanks.


Azhéʼé Bééhániih

azhéʼé (“father”) + bééhániih (“it is remembered”)

Azhéʼé Bééhániihígíí binahjįʼ ahéheeʼ dadiiʼní!

In honor of Father’s Day, we say thanks.


béégashii yáázh tʼóó yisdlohígíí

béégashii (“cow”) + yáázh (“little”) + tʼóó (“merely, just”) + yisdloh (“it is roped”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


kiyąąh sizíní

Literally, the one who is standing/propped against the house, from kin (“house”) + yąąh (“alongside it”) + sizį́ (“she stands”) + -í (nominalizer)

Shizhanéʼé kiyąąh sizíní shíká nóotááł

I’m in luck, she's "leaning up against the house", looking everywhere for me!

(vulgar) prostitute, whore, streetwalker, slut


yiltsą́

yistsą́ (first-person perfective singular)
yiiltsą́ (duoplural first-person perfective)
deiiltsą́ (first-person perfective plural)
yíníltsą́ (perfective second-person singular)
wołtsą́ (duoplural perfective second-person)
daałtsą́ (perfective plural second-person)
yiltsą́ (duoplural perfective singular third-person)
daaltsą́ (perfective plural third-person)
jooltsą́ (duoplural fourth-person perfective singular)
dajooltsą́ (fourth-person perfective plural)

y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -tsą́ (neuter perfective stem of root -TSĄĄD, “to be pregnant”).

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<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-tsą́</i>

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-TSĄĄD</i>


atsilí

atsilíkéyóó (plural)
sitsilí (first-person singular)
nihitsilí (duoplural first-person)
danihitsilí (first-person plural)
nitsilí (second-person singular)
nihitsilí (duoplural second-person)
danihitsilí (plural second-person)
bitsilí (third-person)
yitsilí (fourth-person)
hatsilí (fourth-person)
atsilí (indefinite)

sitsilí


ádí

bádí (possessed-form)
ádíké (plural)
shádí (first-person singular)
nihádí (duoplural first-person)
danihádí (first-person plural)
nádí (second-person singular)
nihádí (duoplural second-person)
danihádí (plural second-person)
bádí (third-person)
yádí (fourth-person)
hwádí (fourth-person)


hashtʼeʼ nihénil

hashtʼeʼ (“aside”) + 1st-person perfective form of niyii (“he places it”)

Hooghan łaʼ nahideeshnih biniiyé béeso hashtʼeʼ niheshnííł

I saved money (literally, I have set it aside)


áhátʼíinii

From áhátʼį́ (“happen, take place, occur”) + -n- (ligature) + -ii (nominalizer).


yáál

dį́į́ʼ yáál dóó łitso

dį́į́ʼ yáál dóó baʼąą tʼááłáʼí dootłʼizh dóó tááʼ tsindáo

sixty-three cents (literally, “four bits and in addition one green and three cents”)


tsindáo

/t͡sʰɪ́ntɑ́ò/


gíinisi

/ˈkîːnɪ̀sɪ̀/


hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní

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hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní

hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní

shizhéʼé áshʼíní

nizhéʼé áníłʼíní

bizhéʼé ííłʼíní

nihizhéʼé íilʼíní

nihizhéʼé ółʼíní

or

shizhéʼé nishʼíní

nizhéʼé níłʼíní

bizhéʼé yiłʼíní

bizhéʼé jíłʼíní

nihizhéʼé niilʼíní

nihizhéʼé nołʼíní


hákʼaʼí

shíkʼaʼí (first-person singular)
nihíkʼaʼí (duoplural first-person)
danihíkʼaʼí (first-person plural)
níkʼaʼí (second-person singular)
nihíkʼaʼí (duoplural second-person)
danihíkʼaʼí (plural second-person)
bíkʼaʼí (third-person)
yíkʼaʼí (fourth-person)
hákʼaʼí (fourth-person)
ákʼaʼí (indefinite)


aadaaní

son-in-law (daughter’s husband, male speaker)

sister’s daughter’s husband (nephew-in-law, male speaker)

father’s sister’s daughter’s husband (cousin-in-law, male speaker)

father’s sister’s husband (uncle-in-law, male speaker)

mother’s sister’s husband (uncle-in-law, male speaker)


ootsą́

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tsą́ (neuter perfective stem of root -TSĄĄD, “to be pregnant”)


adáʼi

shidáʼi (first-person singular)
nihidáʼi (duoplural first-person)
danihidáʼi (first-person plural)
nidáʼi (second-person singular)
nihidáʼi (duoplural second-person)
danihidáʼi (plural second-person)
bidáʼi (third-person)
yidáʼi (fourth-person)
hadáʼi (fourth-person)
adáʼi (indefinite)

maternal uncle (brother of one's mother)


amáyázhí

shimáyázhí (first-person singular)
nihimáyázhí (duoplural first-person)
danihimáyázhí (first-person plural)
nimáyázhí (second-person singular)
nihimáyázhí (duoplural second-person)
danihimáyázhí (plural second-person)
bimáyázhí (third-person)
yimáyázhí (fourth-person)
hamáyázhí (fourth-person)
amáyázhí (indefinite)


atsiʼ

atsiʼké (plural)
shitsiʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsiʼ (first-person plural)
nitsiʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsiʼ (plural second-person)
bitsiʼ (third-person)
yitsiʼ (fourth-person)
hatsiʼ (fourth-person)
atsiʼ (indefinite)


achó

shichó (first-person singular)
nihichó (duoplural first-person)
danihichó (first-person plural)
nichó (second-person singular)
nihichó (duoplural second-person)
danihichó (plural second-person)
bichó (third-person)
yichó (fourth-person)
hachó (fourth-person)
achó (indefinite)


tsíłkę́ę́h

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tsíłkéí, tsíłkéyóó

tsíłkę́ę́h (possessed form bitsíłkęʼ, plural tsíłkéí, tsíłkéyóó)

bitsíłkęʼ (possessed-form)
tsíłkéí (plural)
tsíłkéyóó (plural)
sitsíłkęʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsíłkęʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsíłkęʼ (first-person plural)
nitsíłkęʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsíłkęʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsíłkęʼ (plural second-person)
bitsíłkęʼ (third-person)
yitsíłkęʼ (fourth-person)
hatsíłkęʼ (fourth-person)
atsíłkęʼ (indefinite)

Compare Ahtna ciił (“boy”) and Tanacross tsiil gaay (“young boy”). Related to atsilí (“younger brother”).

kid, young man, young boy, adolescent, teenager (aged 13 to 30)


naachʼid

From the extended meaning of -CHʼID (“to scratch”) as 'management', 'handling'.

A traditional Navajo political gathering.