"alah" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

IPA: /ʔɑ̀lɑ̀h/
Head templates: {{head|nv|noun|plural|alahké}} alah (plural alahké) Forms: alahké [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], shilah [first-person, singular], nihilah [duoplural, first-person], danihilah [first-person, plural], nilah [second-person, singular], nihilah [duoplural, second-person], danihilah [plural, second-person], bilah [third-person], yilah [fourth-person], halah [fourth-person], alah [indefinite]
  1. sibling (brother or sister) (of the opposite sex)
    Sense id: en-alah-nv-noun-Ns8z8QuE Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Family Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Family: 43 29 29
  2. first cousin, father's brother's daughter (male speaker)
    Sense id: en-alah-nv-noun-Qf8zxy0z Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33
  3. first cousin, mother's sister's daughter (male speaker)
    Sense id: en-alah-nv-noun-cZ8mgHYn Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: achʼooní, akʼis

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alahké",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "alahké"
      },
      "expansion": "alah (plural alahké)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "achʼooní"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "akʼis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "nv:Family",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Audio: (file) — my sibling (of the opposite sex)",
          "text": "shilah",
          "translation": "Audio: (file) — my sibling (of the opposite sex)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sibling (brother or sister) (of the opposite sex)"
      ],
      "id": "en-alah-nv-noun-Ns8z8QuE",
      "links": [
        [
          "sibling",
          "sibling"
        ],
        [
          "brother",
          "brother"
        ],
        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first cousin, father's brother's daughter (male speaker)"
      ],
      "id": "en-alah-nv-noun-Qf8zxy0z",
      "links": [
        [
          "cousin",
          "cousin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first cousin, mother's sister's daughter (male speaker)"
      ],
      "id": "en-alah-nv-noun-cZ8mgHYn",
      "links": [
        [
          "cousin",
          "cousin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔɑ̀lɑ̀h/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alah"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Old Javanese adverbs",
    "Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Javanese lemmas",
    "Old Javanese particles",
    "Old Javanese terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Old Javanese/lah",
    "Rhymes:Old Javanese/lah/2 syllables",
    "nv:Family"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alahké",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yilah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "alahké"
      },
      "expansion": "alah (plural alahké)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "achʼooní"
    },
    {
      "word": "akʼis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo terms with audio pronunciation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Audio: (file) — my sibling (of the opposite sex)",
          "text": "shilah",
          "translation": "Audio: (file) — my sibling (of the opposite sex)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sibling (brother or sister) (of the opposite sex)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sibling",
          "sibling"
        ],
        [
          "brother",
          "brother"
        ],
        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "first cousin, father's brother's daughter (male speaker)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cousin",
          "cousin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "first cousin, mother's sister's daughter (male speaker)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cousin",
          "cousin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔɑ̀lɑ̀h/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alah"
}

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