"chʼah" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃʼɑ̀h/
Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼəx̣d. Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*tšʼəx̣d}} Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼəx̣d Head templates: {{head|nv|noun}} chʼah
  1. head covering, headwear
    Sense id: en-chʼah-nv-noun-JqFijz6s Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Clothing, Headwear Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Clothing: 62 38 Disambiguation of Headwear: 90 10
  2. hat, cap, scarf
    Sense id: en-chʼah-nv-noun-X7Db9Z04
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Béésh Bichʼahii bikéyah [Germany], bichʼah, Chʼah diʼilii bikéyah (english: Mongolia), chʼah digizii

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ],
      "word": "Béésh Bichʼahii bikéyah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bichʼah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Mongolia",
      "translation": "Mongolia",
      "word": "Chʼah diʼilii bikéyah"
    },
    {
      "_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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "chʼah",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Clothing",
          "orig": "nv:Clothing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Headwear",
          "orig": "nv:Headwear",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head covering, headwear"
      ],
      "id": "en-chʼah-nv-noun-JqFijz6s",
      "links": [
        [
          "covering",
          "covering"
        ],
        [
          "headwear",
          "headwear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hat, cap, scarf"
      ],
      "id": "en-chʼah-nv-noun-X7Db9Z04",
      "links": [
        [
          "hat",
          "hat"
        ],
        [
          "cap",
          "cap"
        ],
        [
          "scarf",
          "scarf"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃʼɑ̀h/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chʼah"
}
{
  "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"
    },
    {
      "english": "Mongolia",
      "translation": "Mongolia",
      "word": "Chʼah diʼilii bikéyah"
    },
    {
      "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.",
  "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": "/t͡ʃʼɑ̀h/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chʼah"
}

Download raw JSONL data for chʼah meaning in Navajo (1.1kB)

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

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

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  "section": "Navajo",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "chʼah",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Navajo dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b 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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