his

shihis (first-person singular)
nihihis (duoplural first-person)
danihihis (first-person plural)
nihis (second-person singular)
nihihis (duoplural second-person)
danihihis (plural second-person)
bihis (third-person)
yihis (fourth-person)
hahis (fourth-person)
ahis (indefinite)


god

-god (canonical)
shigod (first-person singular)
nihigod (duoplural first-person)
danihigod (first-person plural)
nigod (second-person singular)
nihigod (duoplural second-person)
danihigod (plural second-person)
bigod (third-person)
yigod (fourth-person)
hagod (fourth-person)
agod (indefinite)

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢᴜ̓t’.
Cognates:
* Apachean: Western Apache -god, Chiricahua -go’
* Others: Hupa -ɢot’, Mattole -goʔł, Galice -gʷay’, Chilcotin -gʷə́d, Slavey, Dogrib -gò, Chipewyan -gór, Sekani -gʷə̀de’, Beaver -gʷəd, Lower Tanana -gᴜd, Hän -gòd, Ahtna -ɢo’d, Dena'ina -ɢət’, Eyak -ɢuʰd


gaan

gąą- (in-compounds)
gą- (in-compounds)
gan- (in-compounds)
-gaan (canonical)

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")

-ganighah

also -gąąghah, compare -gąnaghah, -gąną́ghah

-gąnaghah

also -gąną́ghah, compare -gąąghah, -ganighah

-gąnághah

also -gąnąghah, compare -gąąghah, -ganighah

-gąądikééʼ

human arm prints, quadruped foreleg prints

-gąąghah

also -ganighah, compare gąnaghah, -gąną́ghah

-gąąstsiin

compare gąątsʼin, -gąąstsiin, -gą́ą́stsiin

-láshgaan

fingernail, bird claw, quadruped fore-claws

gaanee naanish

manual labor, hand labor, unskilled labor

-gąąstsiin ałchʼįʼ nahííláhí

-gąąstsiin (“scapula, shoulder blade”) (also -gą́ą́stsiin, compare -gąątsʼin, -gąątsʼiin)

-gąąstsʼin bitaʼ sitání

-gąątsʼin (“arm/foreleg bone”) (compare gąąstsiin, -gą́ą́stsiin, -gąąstsʼiin)


aziz

shiziz (first-person singular)
nihiziz (duoplural first-person)
danihiziz (first-person plural)
niziz (second-person singular)
nihiziz (duoplural second-person)
danihiziz (plural second-person)
biziz (third-person)
yiziz (fourth-person)
haziz (fourth-person)
aziz (indefinite)


abid

shibid (first-person singular)
nihibid (duoplural first-person)
danihibid (first-person plural)
nibid (second-person singular)
nihibid (duoplural second-person)
danihibid (plural second-person)
bibid (third-person)
yibid (fourth-person)
habid (fourth-person)
abid (indefinite)


-bid

From Proto-Athabaskan *-wə̓tʼ.
Cognate: Western Apache -bid ~ -big, Plains Apache -bid.

shibid

bibid


ké

bikeeʼ (possessed-form)
shikeeʼ (first-person singular)
nihikeeʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihikeeʼ (first-person plural)
nikeeʼ (second-person singular)
nihikeeʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihikeeʼ (plural second-person)
bikeeʼ (third-person)
yikeeʼ (fourth-person)
hakeeʼ (fourth-person)
akeeʼ (indefinite)


naałniih yichʼą́ą́h naabaahígíí

naałniih (“infectious disease”) + yichʼą́ą́h (“preventing it”) + naabaah (“fights”) + -ígíí (“nominalizer”)

naałniih yichʼą́ą́h naabaahígíí bąąh dahooʼaahgo


naʼazhǫǫsh

From the name of the hoop-and-pole game, so called because the birch wood was used in the construction of the pole for the once popular hoop-and-pole game,http://books.google.com/books?id=uw4qyw_BZrgC&pg=PA142&dq=%22hoop+and+pole+games%22&hl=en&ei=1tPITOH2BYSs8Ab38bwa&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22hoop%20and%20pole%20games%22&f=false which often involved betting on the winners.

(botany) birch (Betula utahensis, Betula occidentalis)


agąąstsiin

shigąąstsiin (first-person singular)
nihigąąstsiin (duoplural first-person)
danihigąąstsiin (first-person plural)
nigąąstsiin (second-person singular)
nihigąąstsiin (duoplural second-person)
danihigąąstsiin (plural second-person)
bigąąstsiin (third-person)
yigąąstsiin (fourth-person)
hagąąstsiin (fourth-person)
agąąstsiin (indefinite)

From agaan (“arm”) + -s- (ligature) + atsiin (“stem, stalk”). Doublet of agaanstsiin.


łóód

shilóód (first-person singular)
nihilóód (duoplural first-person)
danihilóód (first-person plural)
nilóód (second-person singular)
nihilóód (duoplural second-person)
danihilóód (plural second-person)
bilóód (third-person)
yilóód (fourth-person)
halóód (fourth-person)
alóód (indefinite)


chʼosh doo yitʼínii

chʼosh (“bug”) + doo (“not”) + yitʼį́ (“it is visible”) + -ii (“nominalizer”)


aghaaʼ

shighaaʼ (first-person singular)
nihighaaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihighaaʼ (first-person plural)
nighaaʼ (second-person singular)
nihighaaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihighaaʼ (plural second-person)
bighaaʼ (third-person)
yighaaʼ (fourth-person)
haghaaʼ (fourth-person)
aghaaʼ (indefinite)


bizhééʼ hólóní

bizhééʼ (“his saliva”), from azhééʼ (“saliva”) + hólóní (“the one that has”), from hólǫ́ (“there is”) + -í (“nominalizer”)


azid

shizid (first-person singular)
nihizid (duoplural first-person)
danihizid (first-person plural)
nizid (second-person singular)
nihizid (duoplural second-person)
danihizid (plural second-person)
bizid (third-person)
yizid (fourth-person)
hazid (fourth-person)
azid (indefinite)


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)


awos

shiwos (first-person singular)
nihiwos (duoplural first-person)
danihiwos (first-person plural)
niwos (second-person singular)
nihiwos (duoplural second-person)
danihiwos (plural second-person)
biwos (third-person)
yiwos (fourth-person)
hawos (fourth-person)
awos (indefinite)


binááʼ

shinááʼ (first-person singular)
nihinááʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihinááʼ (first-person plural)
ninááʼ (second-person singular)
nihinááʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihinááʼ (plural second-person)
binááʼ (third-person)
yinááʼ (fourth-person)
hanááʼ (fourth-person)
anááʼ (indefinite)

bi- (“his, her, their, its”) + anááʼ (“eye, seed”)


agod

shigod (first-person singular)
nihigod (duoplural first-person)
danihigod (first-person plural)
nigod (second-person singular)
nihigod (duoplural second-person)
danihigod (plural second-person)
bigod (third-person)
yigod (fourth-person)
hagod (fourth-person)
agod (indefinite)


adoh

shidoh (first-person singular)
nihidoh (duoplural first-person)
danihidoh (first-person plural)
nidoh (second-person singular)
nihidoh (duoplural second-person)
danihidoh (plural second-person)
bidoh (third-person)
yidoh (fourth-person)
hadoh (fourth-person)
adoh (indefinite)


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


atsooʼ

tsó- (in-compounds)
sitsooʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsooʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsooʼ (first-person plural)
nitsooʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsooʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsooʼ (plural second-person)
bitsooʼ (third-person)
yitsooʼ (fourth-person)
hatsooʼ (fourth-person)
atsooʼ (indefinite)


akétal

shikétal (first-person singular)
nihikétal (duoplural first-person)
danihikétal (first-person plural)
nikétal (second-person singular)
nihikétal (duoplural second-person)
danihikétal (plural second-person)
bikétal (third-person)
yikétal (fourth-person)
hakétal (fourth-person)
akétal (indefinite)

From akeeʼ. The ending likely comes from the root -TÁÁL, meaning "to move the foot."


adaaʼ

shidaaʼ (first-person singular)
nihidaaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihidaaʼ (first-person plural)
nidaaʼ (second-person singular)
nihidaaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihidaaʼ (plural second-person)
bidaaʼ (third-person)
yidaaʼ (fourth-person)
hadaaʼ (fourth-person)
adaaʼ (indefinite)


awooʼ

head

awooʼ (compound form -wó-, possessed form -wooʼ, prefixal form awó-)

-wó- (in-compounds)
-wooʼ (possessed-form)
shiwooʼ (first-person singular)
nihiwooʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihiwooʼ (first-person plural)
niwooʼ (second-person singular)
nihiwooʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihiwooʼ (plural second-person)
biwooʼ (third-person)
yiwooʼ (fourth-person)
hawooʼ (fourth-person)
awooʼ (indefinite)

Biwooʼ ádinii


azééʼ

zá- (in-compounds)
-zaa- (in-compounds)
-zé- (in-compounds)
sizééʼ (first-person singular)
nihizééʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihizééʼ (first-person plural)
nizééʼ (second-person singular)
nihizééʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihizééʼ (plural second-person)
bizééʼ (third-person)
yizééʼ (fourth-person)
hazééʼ (fourth-person)
azééʼ (indefinite)


agaan

forms gąą- (compound)
gą- (compound)
gan- (compound)
shigaan (first-person singular)
nihigaan (duoplural first-person)
danihigaan (first-person plural)
nigaan (second-person singular)
nihigaan (duoplural second-person)
danihigaan (plural second-person)
bigaan (third-person)
yigaan (fourth-person)
hagaan (fourth-person)
agaan (indefinite)

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ.
Cognate with Western Apache -gan, Chiricahua -gan, Jicarilla -gan, Lipan -gąą’, Plains Apache -gąą, Tsuut'ina -gànὰ’, Hupa -ɢan-, Mattole -gaane’, Galice gaaneʔ, Chilcotin -gán, Slavey, Hare North Slavey -góné’, Dogrib -gǫ̀, Chipewyan -gané, Sekani -gòne’, Beaver -góné’, Lower Tanana -gonaʔ, Hän -gæ̀nn’, Ahtna -ggaane’, Dena'ina -ɢuna, Eyak -ɢəla’, Tlingit jín (“hand”).

tsin bigaan


tłah

From the root -TŁAH (“to grease, to anoint”), from Proto-Athabaskan *tłɑɣ̇ (“to grease”).


akeeʼ

shikeeʼ (first-person singular)
nihikeeʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihikeeʼ (first-person plural)
nikeeʼ (second-person singular)
nihikeeʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihikeeʼ (plural second-person)
bikeeʼ (third-person)
yikeeʼ (fourth-person)
hakeeʼ (fourth-person)
akeeʼ (indefinite)

From a- (indefinite personal possessive pronoun) + ké (“foot”). Possibly cognate with Ket ки’сь (kiˀs), if the Na-Dene and Yeniseian languages are related.


dił

shidił (first-person singular)
nihidił (duoplural first-person)
danihidił (first-person plural)
nidił (second-person singular)
nihidił (duoplural second-person)
danihidił (plural second-person)
bidił (third-person)
yidił (fourth-person)
hadił (fourth-person)
adił (indefinite)

Dił ayóó áhálniih!


sęęs

bizęęs (possessed-form)
shizęęs (first-person singular)
nihizęęs (duoplural first-person)
danihizęęs (first-person plural)
nizęęs (second-person singular)
nihizęęs (duoplural second-person)
danihizęęs (plural second-person)
bizęęs (third-person)
yizęęs (fourth-person)
hazęęs (fourth-person)
azęęs (indefinite)


bijáád

shijáád (first-person singular)
nihijáád (duoplural first-person)
danihijáád (first-person plural)
nijáád (second-person singular)
nihijáád (duoplural second-person)
danihijáád (plural second-person)
bijáád (third-person)
yijáád (fourth-person)
hajáád (fourth-person)
ajáád (indefinite)

bi- (“his/her/its/their”) + ajáád (“leg”)


łizh

shilizh (first-person singular)
nihilizh (duoplural first-person)
danihilizh (first-person plural)
nilizh (second-person singular)
nihilizh (duoplural second-person)
danihilizh (plural second-person)
bilizh (third-person)
yilizh (fourth-person)
halizh (fourth-person)
alizh (indefinite)


dághá

bidághaa’ (possessed-form)
shidághaa’ (first-person singular)
nihidághaa’ (duoplural first-person)
danihidághaa’ (first-person plural)
nidághaa’ (second-person singular)
nihidághaa’ (duoplural second-person)
danihidághaa’ (plural second-person)
bidághaa’ (third-person)
yidághaa’ (fourth-person)
hadághaa’ (fourth-person)
adághaa’ (indefinite)

From adaaʼ (“lip”) + -ghaa’ (“wool, fur, pubic hair”).


álázhoozh

shílázhoozh (first-person singular)
nihílázhoozh (duoplural first-person)
danihílázhoozh (first-person plural)
nílázhoozh (second-person singular)
nihílázhoozh (duoplural second-person)
danihílázhoozh (plural second-person)
bílázhoozh (third-person)
yílázhoozh (fourth-person)
hálázhoozh (fourth-person)
álázhoozh (indefinite)

/ʔɑ́lɑ́ʒòːʒ/

álaʼ (“hand”) + -zhoozh (perfective verb stem meaning a group of slender things that are arranged side-by-side in parallel), from Proto-Athabaskan *zhu̓zh, from Pre-Proto-Athabaskan *shuʼsh (possibly meaning to “move or lie in a bunch or pile”).


adeeʼ

shideeʼ (first-person singular)
nihideeʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihideeʼ (first-person plural)
nideeʼ (second-person singular)
nihideeʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihideeʼ (plural second-person)
bideeʼ (third-person)
yideeʼ (fourth-person)
hadeeʼ (fourth-person)
adeeʼ (indefinite)
sheʼadeeʼ (first-person singular)
niheʼadeeʼ (duoplural first-person)
daniheʼadeeʼ (first-person plural)
neʼadeeʼ (second-person singular)
niheʼadeeʼ (duoplural second-person)
daniheʼadeeʼ (plural second-person)
beʼadeeʼ (third-person)
yeʼadeeʼ (fourth-person)
hweʼadeeʼ (fourth-person)

In Navajo culture, spoons were originally made of deer antler, and the word adeeʼ (originally meaning "antler" or "horn"), in the meaning of "spoon," was kept even as spoons were later made from the dried fruits of the gourd (ndilkal) plant. Since adeeʼ is no longer used to mean "deer antler," it becomes independent in that meaning and grammatically loses its inalienable status: bįįh bideeʼ (deer's horn), beʼadeeʼ ("his spoon").

antler, horn, tusk, antenna (of an animal)

Lagenaria siceraria
Lagenaria siceraria#Translingual

bottle gourd, calabash vine (Lagenaria siceraria)


wáán

Borrowed from English wine, from Middle English win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.


tódiłhił

tó (“water”) + diłhił (“it causes dizziness”)


ajéí

shijéí (first-person singular)
nihijéí (duoplural first-person)
danihijéí (first-person plural)
nijéí (second-person singular)
nihijéí (duoplural second-person)
danihijéí (plural second-person)
bijéí (third-person)
yijéí (fourth-person)
hajéí (fourth-person)
ajéí (indefinite)

a- (indefinite possessive pronoun) + -jéí (“thoracic organs, pluck”)

pleural organs, thoracic organs, pluck (heart, lungs, liver)


ajéídíshjool

shijéídíshjool (first-person singular)
nihijéídíshjool (duoplural first-person)
danihijéídíshjool (first-person plural)
nijéídíshjool (second-person singular)
nihijéídíshjool (duoplural second-person)
danihijéídíshjool (plural second-person)
bijéídíshjool (third-person)
yijéídíshjool (fourth-person)
hajéídíshjool (fourth-person)
ajéídíshjool (indefinite)

ajéí (“thoracic organs”) + dijool (“spherical”)


anázhiin ałníiʼdiígíí

anázhiin (“iris”) + ałnį́į́ʼ (“center”) + -di (“at”) + -ígíí (“nominalizer”)


anázhiin

shinázhiin (first-person singular)
nihinázhiin (duoplural first-person)
danihinázhiin (first-person plural)
ninázhiin (second-person singular)
nihinázhiin (duoplural second-person)
danihinázhiin (plural second-person)
binázhiin (third-person)
yinázhiin (fourth-person)
hanázhiin (fourth-person)
anázhiin (indefinite)

From anááʼ (“eye”) + -zhiin, contraction of -zhiní, from -zhin (“black”) + -í (nominalizer).


anááʼ

-ná (in-compounds)
-nááʼ (in-compounds)
shinááʼ (first-person singular)
nihinááʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihinááʼ (first-person plural)
ninááʼ (second-person singular)
nihinááʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihinááʼ (plural second-person)
binááʼ (third-person)
yinááʼ (fourth-person)
hanááʼ (fourth-person)
anááʼ (indefinite)

From Proto-Athabaskan *nαx̣ (“eye”). Possibly related to the root -NÁÁŁ (“to witness, watch”).


naakai binátʼoh

From Naakaii (“Mexicans”) + binátʼoh (“their drug”).


azeeʼ

(medicine) medicine, drug, pharmaceutical


atsiitsʼiin dinih azeeʼ

atsiitsʼiin (“head”) + diniih (“pain”) + azeeʼ (“medicine”)


atʼaʼ

shitʼaʼ (first-person singular)
nihitʼaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitʼaʼ (first-person plural)
nitʼaʼ (second-person singular)
nihitʼaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitʼaʼ (plural second-person)
bitʼaʼ (third-person)
yitʼaʼ (fourth-person)
hatʼaʼ (fourth-person)
atʼaʼ (indefinite)

Tsídii bitʼaʼ kʼéʼéltǫʼ lá

wing feather (especially a prayer feather)


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


achʼoozhlaaʼ

shichʼoozhlaaʼ (first-person singular)
nihichʼoozhlaaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihichʼoozhlaaʼ (first-person plural)
nichʼoozhlaaʼ (second-person singular)
nihichʼoozhlaaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihichʼoozhlaaʼ (plural second-person)
bichʼoozhlaaʼ (third-person)
yichʼoozhlaaʼ (fourth-person)
hachʼoozhlaaʼ (fourth-person)
achʼoozhlaaʼ (indefinite)


áchį́į́h

shíchį́į́h (first-person singular)
nihíchį́į́h (duoplural first-person)
danihíchį́į́h (first-person plural)
níchį́į́h (second-person singular)
nihíchį́į́h (duoplural second-person)
danihíchį́į́h (plural second-person)
bíchį́į́h (third-person)
yíchį́į́h (fourth-person)
háchį́į́h (fourth-person)
áchį́į́h (indefinite)

From Proto-Athabaskan *-nə-čįxʸ (“nose”). Cognate with Ahtna -ntsiis, Koyukon -əntsəyh, Gwich'in -antsį́h, Carrier -nintsis, Tsuut'ina -́tsíh.
Related to the root -CHĄ́Ą́ʼ (“to smell”).


biyázhí

bi- (“his/her/its/their”) + yázhí (“young”)


atsʼíís

sitsʼíís (first-person singular)
nihitsʼíís (duoplural first-person)
danihitsʼíís (first-person plural)
nitsʼíís (second-person singular)
nihitsʼíís (duoplural second-person)
danihitsʼíís (plural second-person)
bitsʼíís (third-person)
yitsʼíís (fourth-person)
hatsʼíís (fourth-person)
atsʼíís (indefinite)


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)


ajáád

shijáád (first-person singular)
nihijáád (duoplural first-person)
danihijáád (first-person plural)
nijáád (second-person singular)
nihijáád (duoplural second-person)
danihijáád (plural second-person)
bijáád (third-person)
yijáád (fourth-person)
hajáád (fourth-person)
ajáád (indefinite)


achʼííʼ

shichʼííʼ (first-person singular)
nihichʼííʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihichʼííʼ (first-person plural)
nichʼííʼ (second-person singular)
nihichʼííʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihichʼííʼ (plural second-person)
bichʼííʼ (third-person)
yichʼííʼ (fourth-person)
hachʼííʼ (fourth-person)
achʼííʼ (indefinite)

/ʔɑ̀t͡ʃʼíːʔ/

Possibly from the root -CHʼÍÍʼ (“to burn, be hot, spicy”).


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)


anátʼéézh

shinátʼéézh (first-person singular)
nihinátʼéézh (duoplural first-person)
danihinátʼéézh (first-person plural)
ninátʼéézh (second-person singular)
nihinátʼéézh (duoplural second-person)
danihinátʼéézh (plural second-person)
binátʼéézh (third-person)
yinátʼéézh (fourth-person)
hanátʼéézh (fourth-person)
anátʼéézh (indefinite)

Compound of anááʼ (“eye”) + tʼeesh (“charred remains, ash”).


atseeʼ

sitseeʼ (first-person singular)
nihitseeʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitseeʼ (first-person plural)
nitseeʼ (second-person singular)
nihitseeʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitseeʼ (plural second-person)
bitseeʼ (third-person)
yitseeʼ (fourth-person)
hatseeʼ (fourth-person)
atseeʼ (indefinite)


baaʼ

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

inh

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


atsiitsʼiin

sitsiitsʼiin (first-person singular)
nihitsiitsʼiin (duoplural first-person)
danihitsiitsʼiin (first-person plural)
nitsiitsʼiin (second-person singular)
nihitsiitsʼiin (duoplural second-person)
danihitsiitsʼiin (plural second-person)
bitsiitsʼiin (third-person)
yitsiitsʼiin (fourth-person)
hatsiitsʼiin (fourth-person)
atsiitsʼiin (indefinite)


azágí

sizágí (first-person singular)
nihizágí (duoplural first-person)
danihizágí (first-person plural)
nizágí (second-person singular)
nihizágí (duoplural second-person)
danihizágí (plural second-person)
bizágí (third-person)
yizágí (fourth-person)
hazágí (fourth-person)
azágí (indefinite)


atsiiʼ

sitsiiʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsiiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsiiʼ (first-person plural)
nitsiiʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsiiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsiiʼ (plural second-person)
bitsiiʼ (third-person)
yitsiiʼ (fourth-person)
hatsiiʼ (fourth-person)
atsiiʼ (indefinite)

Possibly from Proto-Athabaskan *tsi̓ (“head”). Compare also Ket тыʼ (təˀ).

Bitsiiʼ ayóó áníłnéezgo tʼóó baa yánízin.


ayęęzhii

shiyęęzhii (first-person singular)
nihiyęęzhii (duoplural first-person)
danihiyęęzhii (first-person plural)
niyęęzhii (second-person singular)
nihiyęęzhii (duoplural second-person)
danihiyęęzhii (plural second-person)
biyęęzhii (third-person)
yiyęęzhii (fourth-person)
hayęęzhii (fourth-person)
ayęęzhii (indefinite)
sheʼayęęzhii (first-person singular)
niheʼayęęzhii (duoplural first-person)
daniheʼayęęzhii (first-person plural)
neʼayęęzhii (second-person singular)
niheʼayęęzhii (duoplural second-person)
daniheʼayęęzhii (plural second-person)
beʼayęęzhii (third-person)
yeʼayęęzhii (fourth-person)
hweʼayęęzhii (fourth-person)
ayęęzhii (indefinite)

/ʔɑ̀.jẽ̀ː.ʒìː/


átááʼ

shítááʼ (first-person singular)
nihítááʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihítááʼ (first-person plural)
nítááʼ (second-person singular)
nihítááʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihítááʼ (plural second-person)
bítááʼ (third-person)
yítááʼ (fourth-person)
hátááʼ (fourth-person)
átááʼ (indefinite)

shítááʼ hadzííyá


azeeʼ neiikáhí

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azeeʼ neiikáhí (plural azeeʼ nideiikáhí)

azeeʼ (“medicine”) + neiiká (“he/she carries it about”), from -kaah (imperfective stem for handling a substance contained in an open container), plus -í (nominalizer)


álaʼ

shílaʼ (first-person singular)
nihílaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihílaʼ (first-person plural)
nílaʼ (second-person singular)
nihílaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihílaʼ (plural second-person)
bílaʼ (third-person)
yílaʼ (fourth-person)
hálaʼ (fourth-person)
álaʼ (indefinite)

bílaʼashdlaʼii

human being (literally, “the five-fingered one”)


bitsiighąąʼ

/pɪ̀t͡sʰìːɣɑ̃̀ːʔ/


anádiz

shinádiz (first-person singular)
nihinádiz (duoplural first-person)
danihinádiz (first-person plural)
ninádiz (second-person singular)
nihinádiz (duoplural second-person)
danihinádiz (plural second-person)
binádiz (third-person)
yinádiz (fourth-person)
hanádiz (fourth-person)
anádiz (indefinite)

From anááʼ (“eye”) + -diz (neuter perfective stem of root -DIZ, “to twist”).

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

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


bighaaʼ

shighaaʼ (first-person singular)
nihighaaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihighaaʼ (first-person plural)
nighaaʼ (second-person singular)
nihighaaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihighaaʼ (plural second-person)
bighaaʼ (third-person)
yighaaʼ (fourth-person)
haghaaʼ (fourth-person)
aghaaʼ (indefinite)


bitsiiʼ

Sitsiiʼ łizhin.


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)


dibé bighaaʼ

dibé (“sheep”) + bi- (“its”) + aghaaʼ (“wool”)


diniih

Nominalized form of the above diniih (“it hurts”).


aniiʼ

shiniiʼ (first-person singular)
nihiniiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihiniiʼ (first-person plural)
niniiʼ (second-person singular)
nihiniiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihiniiʼ (plural second-person)
biniiʼ (third-person)
yiniiʼ (fourth-person)
haniiʼ (fourth-person)
aniiʼ (indefinite)

niniiʼ táánígis


akézhoozh

shikézhoozh (first-person singular)
nihikézhoozh (duoplural first-person)
danihikézhoozh (first-person plural)
nikézhoozh (second-person singular)
nihikézhoozh (duoplural second-person)
danihikézhoozh (plural second-person)
bikézhoozh (third-person)
yikézhoozh (fourth-person)
hakézhoozh (fourth-person)
akézhoozh (indefinite)

a- (3rd-person indefinite possessive pronoun) + ké (“foot”) + álázhoozh (“finger”)

(anatomy) toe, metatarsals and phalanges of the foot


tó łikaní

tó (“water”) + łikan (“it is tasty, it is sweet”) + -í (nominalizing suffix)


tó łichxíʼí

tó (“water”) + łichxííʼ (“to be orange, to be reddish orange”) + -í (nominalizing suffix)


hweʼesdzáán

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

pre

beʼesdzáán

sheʼesdzáán


akʼos

sikʼos (first-person singular)
nihikʼos (duoplural first-person)
danihikʼos (first-person plural)
nikʼos (second-person singular)
nihikʼos (duoplural second-person)
danihikʼos (plural second-person)
bikʼos (third-person)
yikʼos (fourth-person)
hakʼos (fourth-person)
akʼos (indefinite)


anághah

shinághah (first-person singular)
nihinághah (duoplural first-person)
danihinághah (first-person plural)
ninághah (second-person singular)
nihinághah (duoplural second-person)
danihinághah (plural second-person)
binághah (third-person)
yinághah (fourth-person)
hanághah (fourth-person)
anághah (indefinite)


ajaaʼ

shijaaʼ (first-person singular)
nihijaaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihijaaʼ (first-person plural)
nijaaʼ (second-person singular)
nihijaaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihijaaʼ (plural second-person)
bijaaʼ (third-person)
yijaaʼ (fourth-person)
hajaaʼ (fourth-person)
ajaaʼ (indefinite)


ayid

shiyid (first-person singular)
nihiyid (duoplural first-person)
danihiyid (first-person plural)
niyid (second-person singular)
nihiyid (duoplural second-person)
danihiyid (plural second-person)
biyid (third-person)
yiyid (fourth-person)
hayid (fourth-person)
ayid (indefinite)


akágí

shikágí (first-person singular)
nihikágí (duoplural first-person)
danihikágí (first-person plural)
nikágí (second-person singular)
nihikágí (duoplural second-person)
danihikágí (plural second-person)
bikágí (third-person)
yikágí (fourth-person)
hakágí (fourth-person)
akágí (indefinite)

From akááʼ (“something's surface”) + -í (nominalizer).


áláshgaan

shíláshgaan (first-person singular)
nihíláshgaan (duoplural first-person)
danihíláshgaan (first-person plural)
níláshgaan (second-person singular)
nihíláshgaan (duoplural second-person)
danihíláshgaan (plural second-person)
bíláshgaan (third-person)
yíláshgaan (fourth-person)
háláshgaan (fourth-person)
áláshgaan (indefinite)

From álaʼ (“hand”) + -sh- (ligature) + -gan (“dried up”, from -GAN, “to wither”) + -ii (nominalizer).


atsʼééʼ

sitsʼééʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsʼééʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsʼééʼ (first-person plural)
nitsʼééʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsʼééʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsʼééʼ (plural second-person)
bitsʼééʼ (third-person)
yitsʼééʼ (fourth-person)
hatsʼééʼ (fourth-person)
atsʼééʼ (indefinite)


álánééz

shílánééz (first-person singular)
nihílánééz (duoplural first-person)
danihílánééz (first-person plural)
nílánééz (second-person singular)
nihílánééz (duoplural second-person)
danihílánééz (plural second-person)
bílánééz (third-person)
yílánééz (fourth-person)
hálánééz (fourth-person)
álánééz (indefinite)

/ʔɑ́lɑ́néːz/

álaʼ (“finger”) + -nééz (neuter comparative stem of root -NEEZ, “to be long, tall”), from Proto-Athabaskan *nʸe̓z, from Pre-Proto-Athabaskan *nʸeʼs (“long, tall”).

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

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


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)


atsʼos

sitsʼos (first-person singular)
nihitsʼos (duoplural first-person)
danihitsʼos (first-person plural)
nitsʼos (second-person singular)
nihitsʼos (duoplural second-person)
danihitsʼos (plural second-person)
bitsʼos (third-person)
yitsʼos (fourth-person)
hatsʼos (fourth-person)
atsʼos (indefinite)


Amá Bééhániih

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

Amá Bééhániihígíí binahjįʼ ahéheeʼ dadiiʼní!

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


azází

shizází (first-person singular)
nihizází (duoplural first-person)
danihizází (first-person plural)
nizází (second-person singular)
nihizází (duoplural second-person)
danihizází (plural second-person)
bizází (third-person)
yizází (fourth-person)
hazází (fourth-person)
azází (indefinite)


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)


bílaʼ

shílaʼ (first-person singular)
nihílaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihílaʼ (first-person plural)
nílaʼ (second-person singular)
nihílaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihílaʼ (plural second-person)
bílaʼ (third-person)
yílaʼ (fourth-person)
hálaʼ (fourth-person)
álaʼ (indefinite)

Atʼééyázhí bimá yílaʼ yótąʼ.

The little girl is holding her mother’s hand.


azeeʼííłʼíní

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azeeʼííłʼíní

azeeʼ (“medicine”) + ííłʼį́ (“he makes it”) + -í (“nominalizer”)


kʼish

From Proto-Athabaskan *qʼəš ~ *qʼəɣəšʷ (“alder”).
Perhaps this word is related to the root -KʼǪSH (“to be sour, be rancid (of color and oil)”).

inh

*qʼəš ~ *qʼəɣəšʷ


shijaaʼ

si- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -jaaʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -JAAʼ, “to handle a profusion of objects”).

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

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

nv-link-to-root

they lie somewhere, are located somewhere (profusion of small, visually difficult to count objects as sand, seeds or pebbles)


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


ditsʼoz

di- (adjectival) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tsʼoz (neuter imperfective stem of root -TSʼOZ, “to be long-haired”).

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

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

ééʼ daditsʼozii

it is long-haired (such as an angora goat)


diʼil

dinishʼil (first-person imperfective singular)
diniitʼil (duoplural first-person imperfective)
dadiniitʼil (first-person imperfective plural)
diníʼil (imperfective second-person singular)
dinohʼil (duoplural imperfective second-person)
dadinohʼil (imperfective plural second-person)
diʼil (duoplural imperfective singular third-person)
dadiʼil (imperfective plural third-person)
jidiʼil (duoplural fourth-person imperfective singular)
dazhdiʼil (fourth-person imperfective plural)

di- (adjectival) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼil (neuter imperfective stem of root -ʼIL, “to be hairy”).

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

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


atsiighąąʼ

atsiiʼ (“head”) + ghąąʼ (“top, summit, back”). Compare ííshgháán (“backbone”)


atsiighaʼ

sitsiighaʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsiighaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsiighaʼ (first-person plural)
nitsiighaʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsiighaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsiighaʼ (plural second-person)
bitsiighaʼ (third-person)
yitsiighaʼ (fourth-person)
hatsiighaʼ (fourth-person)
atsiighaʼ (indefinite)

/ʔɑ̀t͡sʰìːɣɑ̀ʔ/

From atsiiʼ (“hair (on the head)”) + aghaaʼ (“fur”).


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>


ditłʼo

di- (adjectival) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tłʼo (neuter imperfective stem of root -TŁʼO, “to be hairy”).

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

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

it is hairy (as a dog, sheep, etc.), hirsute


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


ánaaí

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)


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)


awol

shiwol (first-person singular)
nihiwol (duoplural first-person)
danihiwol (first-person plural)
niwol (second-person singular)
nihiwol (duoplural second-person)
danihiwol (plural second-person)
biwol (third-person)
yiwol (fourth-person)
hawol (fourth-person)
awol (indefinite)


hayid

(anatomy) one’s chest, sternum, breast, thorax


hwííshgháán

hw- (indefinite deictic 3rd-person possessive pronoun, one's) + íí- (“away out of sight”, thematized prefix) + sh- (1st person singular subject pronoun) + -gháán (noun stem of root -GHÁÁN, “back, spine”)

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

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

(anatomy) back, backbone, spine, vertebrae


ííshgháán

shííshgháán (first-person singular)
nihííshgháán (duoplural first-person)
danihííshgháán (first-person plural)
nííshgháán (second-person singular)
nihííshgháán (duoplural second-person)
danihííshgháán (plural second-person)
bííshgháán (third-person)
yííshgháán (fourth-person)
hwííshgháán (fourth-person)


hálátsíín

shílátsíín (first-person singular)
nihílátsíín (duoplural first-person)
danihílátsíín (first-person plural)
nílátsíín (second-person singular)
nihílátsíín (duoplural second-person)
danihílátsíín (plural second-person)
bílátsíín (third-person)
yílátsíín (fourth-person)
hálátsíín (fourth-person)
álátsíín (indefinite)


atłʼaaʼ

shitłʼaaʼ (first-person singular)
nihitłʼaaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitłʼaaʼ (first-person plural)
nitłʼaaʼ (second-person singular)
nihitłʼaaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitłʼaaʼ (plural second-person)
bitłʼaaʼ (third-person)
yitłʼaaʼ (fourth-person)
hatłʼaaʼ (fourth-person)
atłʼaaʼ (indefinite)


haniiʼ

shiniiʼ (first-person singular)
nihiniiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihiniiʼ (first-person plural)
niniiʼ (second-person singular)
nihiniiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihiniiʼ (plural second-person)
biniiʼ (third-person)
yiniiʼ (fourth-person)
haniiʼ (fourth-person)
aniiʼ (indefinite)


hakʼos

sikʼos (first-person singular)
nihikʼos (duoplural first-person)
danihikʼos (first-person plural)
nikʼos (second-person singular)
nihikʼos (duoplural second-person)
danihikʼos (plural second-person)
bikʼos (third-person)
yikʼos (fourth-person)
hakʼos (fourth-person)
akʼos (indefinite)


hagaan

shigaan (first-person singular)
nihigaan (duoplural first-person)
danihigaan (first-person plural)
nigaan (second-person singular)
nihigaan (duoplural second-person)
danihigaan (plural second-person)
bigaan (third-person)
yigaan (fourth-person)
hagaan (fourth-person)
agaan (indefinite)


azhiʼ

shizhiʼ (first-person singular)
nihizhiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihizhiʼ (first-person plural)
nizhiʼ (second-person singular)
nihizhiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihizhiʼ (plural second-person)
bizhiʼ (third-person)
yizhiʼ (fourth-person)
hazhiʼ (fourth-person)
azhiʼ (indefinite)


hachʼoozhlaaʼ

shichʼoozhlaaʼ (first-person singular)
nihichʼoozhlaaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihichʼoozhlaaʼ (first-person plural)
nichʼoozhlaaʼ (second-person singular)
nihichʼoozhlaaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihichʼoozhlaaʼ (plural second-person)
bichʼoozhlaaʼ (third-person)
yichʼoozhlaaʼ (fourth-person)
hachʼoozhlaaʼ (fourth-person)
achʼoozhlaaʼ (indefinite)


hatsʼíís

sitsʼíís (first-person singular)
nihitsʼíís (duoplural first-person)
danihitsʼíís (first-person plural)
nitsʼíís (second-person singular)
nihitsʼíís (duoplural second-person)
danihitsʼíís (plural second-person)
bitsʼíís (third-person)
yitsʼíís (fourth-person)
hatsʼíís (fourth-person)
atsʼíís (indefinite)


hatsʼin

sitsʼin (first-person singular)
nihitsʼin (duoplural first-person)
danihitsʼin (first-person plural)
nitsʼin (second-person singular)
nihitsʼin (duoplural second-person)
danihitsʼin (plural second-person)
bitsʼin (third-person)
yitsʼin (fourth-person)
hatsʼin (fourth-person)
atsʼin (indefinite)


hatsiiʼ

sitsiiʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsiiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsiiʼ (first-person plural)
nitsiiʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsiiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsiiʼ (plural second-person)
bitsiiʼ (third-person)
yitsiiʼ (fourth-person)
hatsiiʼ (fourth-person)
atsiiʼ (indefinite)


hadoh

shidoh (first-person singular)
nihidoh (duoplural first-person)
danihidoh (first-person plural)
nidoh (second-person singular)
nihidoh (duoplural second-person)
danihidoh (plural second-person)
bidoh (third-person)
yidoh (fourth-person)
hadoh (fourth-person)
adoh (indefinite)


adáyiʼ

shidáyiʼ (first-person singular)
nihidáyiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihidáyiʼ (first-person plural)
nidáyiʼ (second-person singular)
nihidáyiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihidáyiʼ (plural second-person)
bidáyiʼ (third-person)
yidáyiʼ (fourth-person)
hadáyiʼ (fourth-person)
adáyiʼ (indefinite)

Shidáyiʼdi neezgai.


akétsíín

shikétsíín (first-person singular)
nihikétsíín (duoplural first-person)
danihikétsíín (first-person plural)
nikétsíín (second-person singular)
nihikétsíín (duoplural second-person)
danihikétsíín (plural second-person)
bikétsíín (third-person)
yikétsíín (fourth-person)
hakétsíín (fourth-person)
akétsíín (indefinite)

a- (indefinite possessive pronoun) + ké (“foot”) + tsʼin (“bone”)


ajéítsʼiin

shijéítsʼiin (first-person singular)
nihijéítsʼiin (duoplural first-person)
danihijéítsʼiin (first-person plural)
nijéítsʼiin (second-person singular)
nihijéítsʼiin (duoplural second-person)
danihijéítsʼiin (plural second-person)
bijéítsʼiin (third-person)
yijéítsʼiin (fourth-person)
hajéítsʼiin (fourth-person)
ajéítsʼiin (indefinite)


hakeeʼ

shikeeʼ (first-person singular)
nihikeeʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihikeeʼ (first-person plural)
nikeeʼ (second-person singular)
nihikeeʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihikeeʼ (plural second-person)
bikeeʼ (third-person)
yikeeʼ (fourth-person)
hakeeʼ (fourth-person)
akeeʼ (indefinite)


atsʼin

forms -tsʼin (compound)
-tsʼiin (compound)
sitsʼin (first-person singular)
nihitsʼin (duoplural first-person)
danihitsʼin (first-person plural)
nitsʼin (second-person singular)
nihitsʼin (duoplural second-person)
danihitsʼin (plural second-person)
bitsʼin (third-person)
yitsʼin (fourth-person)
hatsʼin (fourth-person)
atsʼin (indefinite)

From Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼən (“bone”). Related to the root -TSʼĮĮD (“to be bony, hard”).


habid

shibid (first-person singular)
nihibid (duoplural first-person)
danihibid (first-person plural)
nibid (second-person singular)
nihibid (duoplural second-person)
danihibid (plural second-person)
bibid (third-person)
yibid (fourth-person)
habid (fourth-person)
abid (indefinite)


hajáád

shijáád (first-person singular)
nihijáád (duoplural first-person)
danihijáád (first-person plural)
nijáád (second-person singular)
nihijáád (duoplural second-person)
danihijáád (plural second-person)
bijáád (third-person)
yijáád (fourth-person)
hajáád (fourth-person)
ajáád (indefinite)


anííʼ

shinííʼ (first-person singular)
nihinííʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihinííʼ (first-person plural)
ninííʼ (second-person singular)
nihinííʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihinííʼ (plural second-person)
binííʼ (third-person)
yinííʼ (fourth-person)
hanííʼ (fourth-person)
anííʼ (indefinite)

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


hagod

shigod (first-person singular)
nihigod (duoplural first-person)
danihigod (first-person plural)
nigod (second-person singular)
nihigod (duoplural second-person)
danihigod (plural second-person)
bigod (third-person)
yigod (fourth-person)
hagod (fourth-person)
agod (indefinite)


bigod

bi- (“his/her/its/their”) + agod (“knee”)


bijaaʼ

shijaaʼ (first-person singular)
nihijaaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihijaaʼ (first-person plural)
nijaaʼ (second-person singular)
nihijaaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihijaaʼ (plural second-person)
bijaaʼ (third-person)
yijaaʼ (fourth-person)
hajaaʼ (fourth-person)
ajaaʼ (indefinite)

bi- (“his/her/its/their”) + ajaaʼ (“ear”)


bikʼos

sikʼos (first-person singular)
nihikʼos (duoplural first-person)
danihikʼos (first-person plural)
nikʼos (second-person singular)
nihikʼos (duoplural second-person)
danihikʼos (plural second-person)
bikʼos (third-person)
yikʼos (fourth-person)
hakʼos (fourth-person)
akʼos (indefinite)

bi- (“his/her/its/their”) + akʼos (“neck”)


bikétsíín

bi- (“his/her/its/their”) + akétsíín (“ankle”)


achʼozh

shichʼozh (first-person singular)
nihichʼozh (duoplural first-person)
danihichʼozh (first-person plural)
nichʼozh (second-person singular)
nihichʼozh (duoplural second-person)
danihichʼozh (plural second-person)
bichʼozh (third-person)
yichʼozh (fourth-person)
hachʼozh (fourth-person)
achʼozh (indefinite)


achoʼ

shichoʼ (first-person singular)
nihichoʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihichoʼ (first-person plural)
nichoʼ (second-person singular)
nihichoʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihichoʼ (plural second-person)
bichoʼ (third-person)
yichoʼ (fourth-person)
hachoʼ (fourth-person)
achoʼ (indefinite)

(anatomy) male genitalia, external sex organs; penis


tsiiyéél

sitsiiyéél (first-person singular)
nihitsiiyéél (duoplural first-person)
danihitsiiyéél (first-person plural)
nitsiiyéél (second-person singular)
nihitsiiyéél (duoplural second-person)
danihitsiiyéél (plural second-person)
bitsiiyéél (third-person)
yitsiiyéél (fourth-person)
hatsiiyéél (fourth-person)
atsiiyéél (indefinite)


ánííʼ

shínííʼ (first-person singular)
nihínííʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihínííʼ (first-person plural)
nínííʼ (second-person singular)
nihínííʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihínííʼ (plural second-person)
bínííʼ (third-person)
yínííʼ (fourth-person)
hánííʼ (fourth-person)
ánííʼ (indefinite)


áʼázhoozh

shíʼázhoozh (first-person singular)
nihíʼázhoozh (duoplural first-person)
danihíʼázhoozh (first-person plural)
níʼázhoozh (second-person singular)
nihíʼázhoozh (duoplural second-person)
danihíʼázhoozh (plural second-person)
bíʼázhoozh (third-person)
yíʼázhoozh (fourth-person)
háʼázhoozh (fourth-person)
áʼázhoozh (indefinite)


hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní

head

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


átsą́ą́ʼ

sítsą́ą́ʼ (first-person singular)
nihítsą́ą́ʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihítsą́ą́ʼ (first-person plural)
nítsą́ą́ʼ (second-person singular)
nihítsą́ą́ʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihítsą́ą́ʼ (plural second-person)
bítsą́ą́ʼ (third-person)
yítsą́ą́ʼ (fourth-person)
hátsą́ą́ʼ (fourth-person)
átsą́ą́ʼ (indefinite)


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)


anáziz

shináziz (first-person singular)
nihináziz (duoplural first-person)
danihináziz (first-person plural)
nináziz (second-person singular)
nihináziz (duoplural second-person)
danihináziz (plural second-person)
bináziz (third-person)
yináziz (fourth-person)
hanáziz (fourth-person)
anáziz (indefinite)

anááʼ (“eye”) + -ziz, from azis (“sack, bag”)


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)


ajilchiiʼ

shijilchiiʼ (first-person singular)
nihijilchiiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihijilchiiʼ (first-person plural)
nijilchiiʼ (second-person singular)
nihijilchiiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihijilchiiʼ (plural second-person)
bijilchiiʼ (third-person)
yijilchiiʼ (fourth-person)
hajilchiiʼ (fourth-person)
ajilchiiʼ (indefinite)


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)


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)


ootsą́

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


azooł

shizooł (first-person singular)
nihizooł (duoplural first-person)
danihizooł (first-person plural)
nizooł (second-person singular)
nihizooł (duoplural second-person)
danihizooł (plural second-person)
bizooł (third-person)
yizooł (fourth-person)
hazooł (fourth-person)
azooł (indefinite)


azǫ́ǫ́z

shizǫ́ǫ́z (first-person singular)
nihizǫ́ǫ́z (duoplural first-person)
danihizǫ́ǫ́z (first-person plural)
nizǫ́ǫ́z (second-person singular)
nihizǫ́ǫ́z (duoplural second-person)
danihizǫ́ǫ́z (plural second-person)
bizǫ́ǫ́z (third-person)
yizǫ́ǫ́z (fourth-person)
hazǫ́ǫ́z (fourth-person)
azǫ́ǫ́z (indefinite)


atsʼoos

shitsʼoos (first-person singular)
nihitsʼoos (duoplural first-person)
danihitsʼoos (first-person plural)
nitsʼoos (second-person singular)
nihitsʼoos (duoplural second-person)
danihitsʼoos (plural second-person)
bitsʼoos (third-person)
yitsʼoos (fourth-person)
hatsʼoos (fourth-person)
atsʼoos (indefinite)


atsʼóóz

shitsʼóóz (first-person singular)
nihitsʼóóz (duoplural first-person)
danihitsʼóóz (first-person plural)
nitsʼóóz (second-person singular)
nihitsʼóóz (duoplural second-person)
danihitsʼóóz (plural second-person)
bitsʼóóz (third-person)
yitsʼóóz (fourth-person)
hatsʼóóz (fourth-person)
atsʼóóz (indefinite)


atsékʼee

sitsékʼee (first-person singular)
nihitsékʼee (duoplural first-person)
danihitsékʼee (first-person plural)
nitsékʼee (second-person singular)
nihitsékʼee (duoplural second-person)
danihitsékʼee (plural second-person)
bitsékʼee (third-person)
yitsékʼee (fourth-person)
hatsékʼee (fourth-person)
atsékʼee (indefinite)


iishchʼid

shiishchʼid (first-person singular)
nihiishchʼid (duoplural first-person)
danihiishchʼid (first-person plural)
niishchʼid (second-person singular)
nihiishchʼid (duoplural second-person)
danihiishchʼid (plural second-person)
biishchʼid (third-person)
yiishchʼid (fourth-person)
hwiishchʼid (fourth-person)

Dibé biishchʼid


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)


anákʼee

shinákʼee (first-person singular)
nihinákʼee (duoplural first-person)
danihinákʼee (first-person plural)
ninákʼee (second-person singular)
nihinákʼee (duoplural second-person)
danihinákʼee (plural second-person)
binákʼee (third-person)
yinákʼee (fourth-person)
hanákʼee (fourth-person)
anákʼee (indefinite)


anágaii

shinágaii (first-person singular)
nihinágaii (duoplural first-person)
danihinágaii (first-person plural)
ninágaii (second-person singular)
nihinágaii (duoplural second-person)
danihinágaii (plural second-person)
binágaii (third-person)
yinágaii (fourth-person)
hanágaii (fourth-person)
anágaii (indefinite)


akááz

shikááz (first-person singular)
nihikááz (duoplural first-person)
danihikááz (first-person plural)
nikááz (second-person singular)
nihikááz (duoplural second-person)
danihikááz (plural second-person)
bikááz (third-person)
yikááz (fourth-person)
hakááz (fourth-person)
akááz (indefinite)


atéél

shitéél (first-person singular)
nihitéél (duoplural first-person)
danihitéél (first-person plural)
nitéél (second-person singular)
nihitéél (duoplural second-person)
danihitéél (plural second-person)
bitéél (third-person)
yitéél (fourth-person)
hatéél (fourth-person)
atéél (indefinite)

From the root -TEEL (“to be wide, broad”).


ajóózh

shijóózh (first-person singular)
nihijóózh (duoplural first-person)
danihijóózh (first-person plural)
nijóózh (second-person singular)
nihijóózh (duoplural second-person)
danihijóózh (plural second-person)
bijóózh (third-person)
yijóózh (fourth-person)
hajóózh (fourth-person)
ajóózh (indefinite)


atłʼeh

shitłʼeh (first-person singular)
nihitłʼeh (duoplural first-person)
danihitłʼeh (first-person plural)
nitłʼeh (second-person singular)
nihitłʼeh (duoplural second-person)
danihitłʼeh (plural second-person)
bitłʼeh (third-person)
yitłʼeh (fourth-person)
hatłʼeh (fourth-person)
atłʼeh (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)


akaiʼ

shikaiʼ (first-person singular)
nihikaiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihikaiʼ (first-person plural)
nikaiʼ (second-person singular)
nihikaiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihikaiʼ (plural second-person)
bikaiʼ (third-person)
yikaiʼ (fourth-person)
hakaiʼ (fourth-person)
akaiʼ (indefinite)


acháshjish

diaphragm (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)


ákáshtłʼo

shíkáshtłʼo (first-person singular)
nihíkáshtłʼo (duoplural first-person)
danihíkáshtłʼo (first-person plural)
níkáshtłʼo (second-person singular)
nihíkáshtłʼo (duoplural second-person)
danihíkáshtłʼo (plural second-person)
bíkáshtłʼo (third-person)
yíkáshtłʼo (fourth-person)
hákáshtłʼo (fourth-person)
ákáshtłʼo (indefinite)

body hair (as opposed to that on the human head)


alohkʼeʼ

shilohkʼeʼ (first-person singular)
nihilohkʼeʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihilohkʼeʼ (first-person plural)
nilohkʼeʼ (second-person singular)
nihilohkʼeʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihilohkʼeʼ (plural second-person)
bilohkʼeʼ (third-person)
yilohkʼeʼ (fourth-person)
halohkʼeʼ (fourth-person)
alohkʼeʼ (indefinite)


atélí

shitélí (first-person singular)
nihitélí (duoplural first-person)
danihitélí (first-person plural)
nitélí (second-person singular)
nihitélí (duoplural second-person)
danihitélí (plural second-person)
bitélí (third-person)
yitélí (fourth-person)
hatélí (fourth-person)
atélí (indefinite)

Related to atéél (“belly, abdomen”). Both from the root -TEEL (“to be wide, broad”).


ajástis

shijástis (first-person singular)
nihijástis (duoplural first-person)
danihijástis (first-person plural)
nijástis (second-person singular)
nihijástis (duoplural second-person)
danihijástis (plural second-person)
bijástis (third-person)
yijástis (fourth-person)
hajástis (fourth-person)
ajástis (indefinite)


aniitsįʼ

shiniitsįʼ (first-person singular)
nihiniitsįʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihiniitsįʼ (first-person plural)
niniitsįʼ (second-person singular)
nihiniitsįʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihiniitsįʼ (plural second-person)
biniitsįʼ (third-person)
yiniitsįʼ (fourth-person)
haniitsįʼ (fourth-person)
aniitsįʼ (indefinite)

From aniiʼ (“face”) + atsįʼ (“meat, flesh”).


ayaatsʼiin

shiyaatsʼiin (first-person singular)
nihiyaatsʼiin (duoplural first-person)
danihiyaatsʼiin (first-person plural)
niyaatsʼiin (second-person singular)
nihiyaatsʼiin (duoplural second-person)
danihiyaatsʼiin (plural second-person)
biyaatsʼiin (third-person)
yiyaatsʼiin (fourth-person)
hayaatsʼiin (fourth-person)
ayaatsʼiin (indefinite)

From biyaa (“under it”) + atsʼin (“bone”).


atsooskʼid

sitsooskʼid (first-person singular)
nihitsooskʼid (duoplural first-person)
danihitsooskʼid (first-person plural)
nitsooskʼid (second-person singular)
nihitsooskʼid (duoplural second-person)
danihitsooskʼid (plural second-person)
bitsooskʼid (third-person)
yitsooskʼid (fourth-person)
hatsooskʼid (fourth-person)
atsooskʼid (indefinite)


áláyáázh

shíláyáázh (first-person singular)
nihíláyáázh (duoplural first-person)
danihíláyáázh (first-person plural)
níláyáázh (second-person singular)
nihíláyáázh (duoplural second-person)
danihíláyáázh (plural second-person)
bíláyáázh (third-person)
yíláyáázh (fourth-person)
háláyáázh (fourth-person)
áláyáázh (indefinite)


atʼog

shitʼog (first-person singular)
nihitʼog (duoplural first-person)
danihitʼog (first-person plural)
nitʼog (second-person singular)
nihitʼog (duoplural second-person)
danihitʼog (plural second-person)
bitʼog (third-person)
yitʼog (fourth-person)
hatʼog (fourth-person)
atʼog (indefinite)


atságah

sitságah (first-person singular)
nihitságah (duoplural first-person)
danihitságah (first-person plural)
nitságah (second-person singular)
nihitságah (duoplural second-person)
danihitságah (plural second-person)
bitságah (third-person)
yitságah (fourth-person)
hatságah (fourth-person)
atságah (indefinite)


akéshgaan

shikéshgaan (first-person singular)
nihikéshgaan (duoplural first-person)
danihikéshgaan (first-person plural)
nikéshgaan (second-person singular)
nihikéshgaan (duoplural second-person)
danihikéshgaan (plural second-person)
bikéshgaan (third-person)
yikéshgaan (fourth-person)
hakéshgaan (fourth-person)
akéshgaan (indefinite)

From a- (indefinite personal possessive pronoun) + ké- (“foot”) + -sh- (ligature) + -gan (“dried up”, from -GAN, “to wither”) + -ii (nominalizer).


álátłʼááh

shílátłʼááh (first-person singular)
nihílátłʼááh (duoplural first-person)
danihílátłʼááh (first-person plural)
nílátłʼááh (second-person singular)
nihílátłʼááh (duoplural second-person)
danihílátłʼááh (plural second-person)
bílátłʼááh (third-person)
yílátłʼááh (fourth-person)
hálátłʼááh (fourth-person)
álátłʼááh (indefinite)


awóchiiʼ

shiwóchiiʼ (first-person singular)
nihiwóchiiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihiwóchiiʼ (first-person plural)
niwóchiiʼ (second-person singular)
nihiwóchiiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihiwóchiiʼ (plural second-person)
biwóchiiʼ (third-person)
yiwóchiiʼ (fourth-person)
hawóchiiʼ (fourth-person)
awóchiiʼ (indefinite)

From awooʼ (“tooth”) + -chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”).

nowrap

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

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


awótsįʼ

shiwótsįʼ (first-person singular)
nihiwótsįʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihiwótsįʼ (first-person plural)
niwótsįʼ (second-person singular)
nihiwótsįʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihiwótsįʼ (plural second-person)
biwótsįʼ (third-person)
yiwótsįʼ (fourth-person)
hawótsįʼ (fourth-person)
awótsįʼ (indefinite)

From awooʼ (“tooth”) + atsįʼ (“meat, flesh”).


tsíłkę́ę́h

head

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)


atsą́

sitsą́ (first-person singular)
nihitsą́ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsą́ (first-person plural)
nitsą́ (second-person singular)
nihitsą́ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsą́ (plural second-person)
bitsą́ (third-person)
yitsą́ (fourth-person)
hatsą́ (fourth-person)
atsą́ (indefinite)

From the root -TSĄĄD (“to be pregnant”), from Proto-Athabaskan *kʸan (“belly”).
Compare also Ahtna ucaan (“his/her abdomen”).


átsą́ą́ʼtsʼin

átsą́ą́ʼtsʼin

From átsą́ą́ʼ (“rib”) + atsʼin (“bone”).


shééʼ

shizhééʼ (first-person singular)
nihizhééʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihizhééʼ (first-person plural)
nizhééʼ (second-person singular)
nihizhééʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihizhééʼ (plural second-person)
bizhééʼ (third-person)
yizhééʼ (fourth-person)
hazhééʼ (fourth-person)
azhééʼ (indefinite)


azábąąh

sizábąąh (first-person singular)
nihizábąąh (duoplural first-person)
danihizábąąh (first-person plural)
nizábąąh (second-person singular)
nihizábąąh (duoplural second-person)
danihizábąąh (plural second-person)
bizábąąh (third-person)
yizábąąh (fourth-person)
hazábąąh (fourth-person)
azábąąh (indefinite)

/ʔɑ̀zɑ́pɑ̃̀ːx/

Compound of azééʼ (“mouth”) + bąąh (“beside it”).


ayaadááʼ

shiyaadááʼ (first-person singular)
nihiyaadááʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihiyaadááʼ (first-person plural)
niyaadááʼ (second-person singular)
nihiyaadááʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihiyaadááʼ (plural second-person)
biyaadááʼ (third-person)
yiyaadááʼ (fourth-person)
hayaadááʼ (fourth-person)
ayaadááʼ (indefinite)

From ayaa (“under it”) + adááʼ (“edge, lip”).


adááʼ

shidááʼ (first-person singular)
nihidááʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihidááʼ (first-person plural)
nidááʼ (second-person singular)
nihidááʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihidááʼ (plural second-person)
bidááʼ (third-person)
yidááʼ (fourth-person)
hadááʼ (fourth-person)
adááʼ (indefinite)


atsʼǫʼ

sitsʼǫʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsʼǫʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsʼǫʼ (first-person plural)
nitsʼǫʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsʼǫʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsʼǫʼ (plural second-person)
bitsʼǫʼ (third-person)
yitsʼǫʼ (fourth-person)
hatsʼǫʼ (fourth-person)
atsʼǫʼ (indefinite)


azahdił

Compound of azééʼ (“mouth”) + dił (“blood”).


anádił

Compound of anááʼ (“eye”) + dił (“blood”).


anéʼédił

Compound of ánííʼ (“nose, nostrils”) + dił (“blood”).


achʼííʼ bitsʼániʼnísą́

Achʼííʼ bitsʼániʼnísą́ ńtʼiʼ łóód silį́į́ʼ


áchį́į́hlátah

shíchį́į́hlátah (first-person singular)
nihíchį́į́hlátah (duoplural first-person)
danihíchį́į́hlátah (first-person plural)
níchį́į́hlátah (second-person singular)
nihíchį́į́hlátah (duoplural second-person)
danihíchį́į́hlátah (plural second-person)
bíchį́į́hlátah (third-person)
yíchį́į́hlátah (fourth-person)
háchį́į́hlátah (fourth-person)
áchį́į́hlátah (indefinite)

Compound of áchį́į́h (“nose”) + bílátah (“its tip”).


áchį́į́stsʼiin

shíchį́į́stsʼiin (first-person singular)
nihíchį́į́stsʼiin (duoplural first-person)
danihíchį́į́stsʼiin (first-person plural)
níchį́į́stsʼiin (second-person singular)
nihíchį́į́stsʼiin (duoplural second-person)
danihíchį́į́stsʼiin (plural second-person)
bíchį́į́stsʼiin (third-person)
yíchį́į́stsʼiin (fourth-person)
háchį́į́stsʼiin (fourth-person)
áchį́į́stsʼiin (indefinite)

Compound of áchį́į́h (“nose”) + atsʼin (“bone”).


áchį́į́stah

shíchį́į́stah (first-person singular)
nihíchį́į́stah (duoplural first-person)
danihíchį́į́stah (first-person plural)
níchį́į́stah (second-person singular)
nihíchį́į́stah (duoplural second-person)
danihíchį́į́stah (plural second-person)
bíchį́į́stah (third-person)
yíchį́į́stah (fourth-person)
háchį́į́stah (fourth-person)
áchį́į́stah (indefinite)

From áchį́į́h (“nose”) + -tah (“among”).


áchį́į́shnííʼ

head

áchį́į́shnííʼ

shíchį́į́shnííʼ (first-person singular)
nihíchį́į́shnííʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihíchį́į́shnííʼ (first-person plural)
níchį́į́shnííʼ (second-person singular)
nihíchį́į́shnííʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihíchį́į́shnííʼ (plural second-person)
bíchį́į́shnííʼ (third-person)
yíchį́į́shnííʼ (fourth-person)
háchį́į́shnííʼ (fourth-person)
áchį́į́shnííʼ (indefinite)

Compound of áchį́į́h (“nose”) + ałnííʼ (“center”).


kʼistsʼóóz

From kʼish (“alder”) + áłtsʼóózí (“it is slender”, from -TSʼÓÓZÍ, “to be slender”).

nv-term

(botany) speckled alder, hoary alder (Alnus incana)


ayaayááh

shiyaayááh (first-person singular)
nihiyaayááh (duoplural first-person)
danihiyaayááh (first-person plural)
niyaayááh (second-person singular)
nihiyaayááh (duoplural second-person)
danihiyaayááh (plural second-person)
biyaayááh (third-person)
yiyaayááh (fourth-person)
hayaayááh (fourth-person)
ayaayááh (indefinite)


azhiʼtsʼin

Compound of azhiʼ (“body”) + atsʼin (“bone”).


ayidtsʼin

siyidtsʼin (first-person singular)
nihiyidtsʼin (duoplural first-person)
danihiyidtsʼin (first-person plural)
niyidtsʼin (second-person singular)
nihiyidtsʼin (duoplural second-person)
danihiyidtsʼin (plural second-person)
biyidtsʼin (third-person)
yiyidtsʼin (fourth-person)
hayidtsʼin (fourth-person)
ayidtsʼin (indefinite)

Compound of ayid (“chest”) + atsʼin (“bone”).


nááłtsoii

From anááʼ (“eye, seed”) + łitso (“yellow”) + -ii (nominalizer). Literally, the one with yellow seeds.


akétsoh

sikétsoh (first-person singular)
nihikétsoh (duoplural first-person)
danihikétsoh (first-person plural)
nikétsoh (second-person singular)
nihikétsoh (duoplural second-person)
danihikétsoh (plural second-person)
bikétsoh (third-person)
yikétsoh (fourth-person)
hakétsoh (fourth-person)
akétsoh (indefinite)


atsólátah

sitsólátah (first-person singular)
nihitsólátah (duoplural first-person)
danihitsólátah (first-person plural)
nitsólátah (second-person singular)
nihitsólátah (duoplural second-person)
danihitsólátah (plural second-person)
bitsólátah (third-person)
yitsólátah (fourth-person)
hatsólátah (fourth-person)
atsólátah (indefinite)

Compound of atsooʼ (“tongue”) + álátah (“tip, end”).


adzástsooʼ

Compound of ajáád (“leg”) + -s- (ligature) + atsooʼ (“tongue”).


adástsooʼ

Compound of adááʼ (“lip, mouth”) + -s- (ligature) + atsooʼ (“tongue”).


ajaayiʼ

shijaayiʼ (first-person singular)
nihijaayiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihijaayiʼ (first-person plural)
nijaayiʼ (second-person singular)
nihijaayiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihijaayiʼ (plural second-person)
bijaayiʼ (third-person)
yijaayiʼ (fourth-person)
hajaayiʼ (fourth-person)
ajaayiʼ (indefinite)

From ajaaʼ (“ear”) + biyiʼ (“inside of it”).


dił atsʼíístaazlíní

From dił (“blood”) + atsʼíís (“body”, incorporated noun) + -tah (“among”) + -z- (si-perfective modal) + -lį́ (from -LĮ́, “to flow”) + -í (nominalizer).


ayaayááhkaz

siyaayááhkaz (first-person singular)
nihiyaayááhkaz (duoplural first-person)
danihiyaayááhkaz (first-person plural)
niyaayááhkaz (second-person singular)
nihiyaayááhkaz (duoplural second-person)
danihiyaayááhkaz (plural second-person)
biyaayááhkaz (third-person)
yiyaayááhkaz (fourth-person)
hayaayááhkaz (fourth-person)
ayaayááhkaz (indefinite)

From ayaayááh (“throat”) + akaz (“stem”).


Dikos Ntsaaígíí-19

dikos (“cough”) + nitsaa (“big”) + -ígíí (nominalizer) + 19, the last element presumably borrowed from COVID-19.