"aʼáád" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

IPA: /ʔɑ̀ʔɑ́ːt/
Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *-Ɂaˑd (“wife, female”) Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*-Ɂaˑd|t=wife, female}} Proto-Athabaskan *-Ɂaˑd (“wife, female”) Head templates: {{head|nv|noun|plural|aʼáádké}} aʼáád (plural aʼáádké) Forms: aʼáádké [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], shiʼáád [first-person, singular], nihiʼáád [duoplural, first-person], danihiʼáád [first-person, plural], niʼáád [second-person, singular], nihiʼáád [duoplural, second-person], danihiʼáád [plural, second-person], biʼáád [third-person], yiʼáád [fourth-person], haʼáád [fourth-person], aʼáád [indefinite]
  1. female (usually restricted to animals and nature; it refers to the genitals, so it can be very crude to apply this to a person)
    Sense id: en-aʼáád-nv-noun-B-7-qUHr Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. wife, mistress
    Sense id: en-aʼáád-nv-noun-hWBkUwQB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: naaʼahóóhai baʼáadii

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "akąʼ"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "naaʼahóóhai baʼáadii"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*-Ɂaˑd",
        "t": "wife, female"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *-Ɂaˑd (“wife, female”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *-Ɂaˑd (“wife, female”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aʼáádké",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihiʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihiʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "aʼáádké"
      },
      "expansion": "aʼáád (plural aʼáádké)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "female eagle",
          "text": "atsá biʼáád",
          "translation": "female eagle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "female rain, gentle rain",
          "text": "níłtsą́ biʼáád",
          "translation": "female rain, gentle rain",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "female river, the Rio Grande River",
          "text": "tooh biʼáád",
          "translation": "female river, the Rio Grande River",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female (usually restricted to animals and nature; it refers to the genitals, so it can be very crude to apply this to a person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-aʼáád-nv-noun-B-7-qUHr",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wife, mistress"
      ],
      "id": "en-aʼáád-nv-noun-hWBkUwQB",
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ],
        [
          "mistress",
          "mistress"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔɑ̀ʔɑ́ːt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aʼáád"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "akąʼ"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "naaʼahóóhai baʼáadii"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*-Ɂaˑd",
        "t": "wife, female"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *-Ɂaˑd (“wife, female”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *-Ɂaˑd (“wife, female”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aʼáádké",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihiʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihiʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aʼáád",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "aʼáádké"
      },
      "expansion": "aʼáád (plural aʼáádké)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "female eagle",
          "text": "atsá biʼáád",
          "translation": "female eagle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "female rain, gentle rain",
          "text": "níłtsą́ biʼáád",
          "translation": "female rain, gentle rain",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "female river, the Rio Grande River",
          "text": "tooh biʼáád",
          "translation": "female river, the Rio Grande River",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female (usually restricted to animals and nature; it refers to the genitals, so it can be very crude to apply this to a person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wife, mistress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ],
        [
          "mistress",
          "mistress"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔɑ̀ʔɑ́ːt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aʼáád"
}

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