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)


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


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)


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


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)


hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní

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hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní

hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní

shizhéʼé áshʼíní ― my stepfather

nizhéʼé áníłʼíní

bizhéʼé ííłʼíní

nihizhéʼé íilʼíní ― our stepfather

nihizhéʼé ółʼíní ― (duoplural) your stepfather

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shizhéʼé nishʼíní ― my stepfather

nizhéʼé níłʼíní

bizhéʼé yiłʼíní

bizhéʼé jíłʼíní

nihizhéʼé niilʼíní ― our stepfather

nihizhéʼé nołʼíní ― (duoplural) your stepfather


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)


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)


ootsą́

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


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)