"-sh" meaning in Navajo

See -sh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-ʃ/ Forms: -ísh [alternative]
Etymology: A short form of -shąʼ Head templates: {{head|nv|suffix}} -sh
  1. interrogative particle Tags: interrogative, morpheme, particle
{
  "etymology_text": "A short form of -shąʼ",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ísh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-sh",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo interrogative particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What is your name?",
          "text": "Daash yinílyé?",
          "translation": "What is your name?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Is your name Yellowman?",
          "text": "Níísh Hastįįłtsoii yinílyé?",
          "translation": "Is your name Yellowman?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Do you speak English?",
          "text": "Bilagáana bizaadísh dinitsʼaʼ?",
          "translation": "Do you speak English?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Is this the road to Kayenta?",
          "text": "Daʼ díísh Tó Dinéeshzheeʼgóó atiin?",
          "translation": "Is this the road to Kayenta?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "interrogative particle"
      ],
      "id": "en--sh-nv-suffix-FN7~~H8G",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "morpheme",
        "particle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-ʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-sh"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "A short form of -shąʼ",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ísh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-sh",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Navajo interrogative particles",
        "Navajo lemmas",
        "Navajo suffixes",
        "Navajo terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Navajo terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What is your name?",
          "text": "Daash yinílyé?",
          "translation": "What is your name?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Is your name Yellowman?",
          "text": "Níísh Hastįįłtsoii yinílyé?",
          "translation": "Is your name Yellowman?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Do you speak English?",
          "text": "Bilagáana bizaadísh dinitsʼaʼ?",
          "translation": "Do you speak English?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Is this the road to Kayenta?",
          "text": "Daʼ díísh Tó Dinéeshzheeʼgóó atiin?",
          "translation": "Is this the road to Kayenta?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "interrogative particle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "morpheme",
        "particle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-ʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-sh"
}

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