chʼah in Navajo

IPA: /tʃʔah/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼəx̣d. Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*tšʼəx̣d}} Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼəx̣d Head templates: {{head|nv|noun}} chʼah Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], shichʼah [first-person, singular], nihichʼah [duoplural, first-person], danihichʼah [first-person, plural], nichʼah [second-person, singular], nihichʼah [duoplural, second-person], danihichʼah [plural, second-person], bichʼah [third-person], yichʼah [fourth-person], hachʼah [fourth-person], achʼah [indefinite]

Inflected forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ],
      "word": "Béésh Bichʼahii bikéyah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bichʼah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chʼah digizii"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*tšʼəx̣d"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼəx̣d",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼəx̣d.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-pos-lowtone",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hachʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "chʼah",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Headwear",
          "orig": "nv:Headwear",
          "parents": [
            "Clothing",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head covering, headwear"
      ],
      "id": "en-chʼah-nv-noun-JqFijz6s",
      "links": [
        [
          "covering",
          "covering"
        ],
        [
          "headwear",
          "headwear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Clothing",
          "orig": "nv:Clothing",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hat, cap, scarf"
      ],
      "id": "en-chʼah-nv-noun-X7Db9Z04",
      "links": [
        [
          "hat",
          "hat"
        ],
        [
          "cap",
          "cap"
        ],
        [
          "scarf",
          "scarf"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʃʔah/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chʼah"
}

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{
  "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 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Clothing",
    "nv:Headwear"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ],
      "word": "Béésh Bichʼahii bikéyah"
    },
    {
      "word": "bichʼah"
    },
    {
      "word": "chʼah digizii"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*tšʼəx̣d"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼəx̣d",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼəx̣d.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-pos-lowtone",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yichʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hachʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "achʼah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "chʼah",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "head covering, headwear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "covering",
          "covering"
        ],
        [
          "headwear",
          "headwear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hat, cap, scarf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hat",
          "hat"
        ],
        [
          "cap",
          "cap"
        ],
        [
          "scarf",
          "scarf"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʃʔah/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chʼah"
}

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"chʼah" meaning in Navajo

Noun

Inflected forms