"chaaʼ" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃʰàːʔ/
Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *tsaʔ (“beaver”). Cognate with Hän tsà’, Sarcee tsxa, Chipewyan tsáá, Beaver chááʼ, Carrier tsaa, Sekani tsáʼ, Ahtna tsaʼ. Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*tsaʔ||beaver}} Proto-Athabaskan *tsaʔ (“beaver”), {{cog|haa|tsà’}} Hän tsà’ Head templates: {{head|nv|noun}} chaaʼ
  1. beaver
    Sense id: en-chaaʼ-nv-noun-cdokjGBJ Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Rodents Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Rodents: 94 6
  2. tubby, huge, corpulent
    Sense id: en-chaaʼ-nv-noun-yZaII4~r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chaalįįd (english: castor), chaatʼíní (english: dock, sorrel), cháłchaaʼ (english: beetle), bichaaʼ (english: he/she is huge)
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      "english": "castor",
      "translation": "castor",
      "word": "chaalįįd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "dock, sorrel",
      "translation": "dock, sorrel",
      "word": "chaatʼíní"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "beetle",
      "translation": "beetle",
      "word": "cháłchaaʼ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "he/she is huge",
      "translation": "he/she is huge",
      "word": "bichaaʼ"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Hän tsà’",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *tsaʔ (“beaver”). Cognate with Hän tsà’, Sarcee tsxa, Chipewyan tsáá, Beaver chááʼ, Carrier tsaa, Sekani tsáʼ, Ahtna tsaʼ.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
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        },
        {
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
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          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Rodents",
          "orig": "nv:Rodents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beaver"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "beaver",
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tubby, huge, corpulent"
      ],
      "id": "en-chaaʼ-nv-noun-yZaII4~r",
      "links": [
        [
          "tubby",
          "tubby"
        ],
        [
          "huge",
          "huge"
        ],
        [
          "corpulent",
          "corpulent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃʰàːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chaaʼ"
}
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    "Navajo nouns",
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    "Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Rodents"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "castor",
      "translation": "castor",
      "word": "chaalįįd"
    },
    {
      "english": "dock, sorrel",
      "translation": "dock, sorrel",
      "word": "chaatʼíní"
    },
    {
      "english": "beetle",
      "translation": "beetle",
      "word": "cháłchaaʼ"
    },
    {
      "english": "he/she is huge",
      "translation": "he/she is huge",
      "word": "bichaaʼ"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haa",
        "2": "tsà’"
      },
      "expansion": "Hän tsà’",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *tsaʔ (“beaver”). Cognate with Hän tsà’, Sarcee tsxa, Chipewyan tsáá, Beaver chááʼ, Carrier tsaa, Sekani tsáʼ, Ahtna tsaʼ.",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "chaaʼ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "beaver"
      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "tubby",
          "tubby"
        ],
        [
          "huge",
          "huge"
        ],
        [
          "corpulent",
          "corpulent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃʰàːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chaaʼ"
}

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