"amá" meaning in Navajo

See amá in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʔɑ̀mɑ́/ Audio: Nv-amá.ogg
Head templates: {{head|nv|noun}} amá Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], 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]
  1. mother
    Sense id: en-amá-nv-noun-zwYi7ypm
  2. maternal aunt
    Sense id: en-amá-nv-noun-YqQUhJ7y Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Family Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Family: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: amáyázhí (english: mother's sister), abízhí (english: paternal aunt or uncle), amásání (english: maternal grandmother)
Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 0 0

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "nv",
      "name": "Female people",
      "orig": "nv:Female people",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "amá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "mother's sister",
      "word": "amáyázhí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "paternal aunt or uncle",
      "word": "abízhí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "maternal grandmother",
      "word": "amásání"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "id": "en-amá-nv-noun-zwYi7ypm",
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "nv:Family",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maternal aunt"
      ],
      "id": "en-amá-nv-noun-YqQUhJ7y",
      "links": [
        [
          "maternal aunt",
          "maternal aunt"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔɑ̀mɑ́/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nv-amá.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/Nv-am%C3%A1.ogg/Nv-am%C3%A1.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Nv-am%C3%A1.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amá"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Family",
    "nv:Female people"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yimá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "amá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "mother's sister",
      "word": "amáyázhí"
    },
    {
      "english": "paternal aunt or uncle",
      "word": "abízhí"
    },
    {
      "english": "maternal grandmother",
      "word": "amásání"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "maternal aunt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maternal aunt",
          "maternal aunt"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔɑ̀mɑ́/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nv-amá.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/Nv-am%C3%A1.ogg/Nv-am%C3%A1.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Nv-am%C3%A1.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amá"
}

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