"amá" meaning in Navajo

See amá in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʔɑ̀mɑ́/ Audio: Nv-amá.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *-(h)aˑn Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*-(h)aˑn}} Proto-Athabaskan *-(h)aˑn Head templates: {{head|nv|noun}} amá
  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: amá yázhí (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"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*-(h)aˑn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *-(h)aˑn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *-(h)aˑn",
  "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",
      "translation": "mother's sister",
      "word": "amá yázhí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "paternal aunt or uncle",
      "translation": "paternal aunt or uncle",
      "word": "abízhí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "maternal grandmother",
      "translation": "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",
    "Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Family",
    "nv:Female people"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*-(h)aˑn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *-(h)aˑn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *-(h)aˑn",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "amá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "mother's sister",
      "translation": "mother's sister",
      "word": "amá yázhí"
    },
    {
      "english": "paternal aunt or uncle",
      "translation": "paternal aunt or uncle",
      "word": "abízhí"
    },
    {
      "english": "maternal grandmother",
      "translation": "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"
}

Download raw JSONL data for amá meaning in Navajo (1.3kB)

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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "amá",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 13"
}

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  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
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  ],
  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "amá",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 13"
}

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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Navajo dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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