See gaan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "ath-pro",
"3": "*-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ.\nCognates:\n* Apachean: Western Apache -gan, Chiricahua -gan, Jicarilla -gan, Lipan -gąą’, Plains Apache -gąą\n* Others: Tsuut’ina -gànὰ’, Hupa -ɢan-, Mattole, -gaane’, Galice gaaneʔ, Chilcotin -gán, Slavey -gǫ́’, Hare -góné’, Dogrib -gǫ̀, Dene Sųłiné -gané, Sekani -gòne’, Dunneza -góné’, Central Tanana -gonaʔ, Hän -gæ̀nn’, Ahtna -ɢaane’, Dena'ina -ɢuna, Eyak -ɢəla’, Tlingit jín (\"hand\")",
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"tags": [
"in-compounds"
]
},
{
"form": "gą-",
"tags": [
"in-compounds"
]
},
{
"form": "gan-",
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"in-compounds"
]
},
{
"form": "-gaan",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "shigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nihigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"duoplural",
"first-person"
]
},
{
"form": "danihigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nihigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"duoplural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "danihigaan",
"source": "inflection",
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"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"fourth-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hagaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"fourth-person"
]
},
{
"form": "agaan",
"source": "inflection",
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"indefinite"
]
}
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"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Navajo links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [
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"Body",
"Anatomy",
"All topics",
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"Fundamental",
"Sciences",
"Healthcare",
"Health"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "front wheel of car",
"word": "chidí bigaan"
},
{
"english": "cut-off arm",
"roman": "compare -gąąʼagod",
"word": "-gąą agodí"
},
{
"english": "stiff/paralyzed arm",
"roman": "compare -gaan kʼézʼáí",
"word": "-gąą doo ahą́ą́h ndeełí"
},
{
"english": "arm on fletching",
"word": "-gąąbąstʼáán"
},
{
"english": "human arm prints, quadruped foreleg prints",
"word": "-gąądikééʼ"
},
{
"english": "arm muscle",
"word": "-gąądoh"
},
{
"english": "area of scapula, back of arm",
"roman": "also -ganighah, compare gąnaghah, -gąną́ghah",
"word": "-gąąghah"
},
{
"english": "shoulder bands",
"word": "-gąąghahashjééʼ"
},
{
"english": "shoulder band",
"word": "-gąąghahaztʼiʼ"
},
{
"english": "arm/foreleg missing, one-armed",
"word": "-gąąkʼis"
},
{
"english": "forearm, lower arm, ulna",
"roman": "also -gaanlóóʼ",
"word": "-gąąlóóʼ"
},
{
"english": "knuckle/wrist/elbow/shoulder joint",
"word": "-gaan ahánáwoʼó gónaa"
},
{
"english": "humerus, upper arm bone",
"roman": "compare -gąąstsʼin bitaʼ sitání",
"word": "-gaan bitaʼ sitání"
},
{
"english": "paralyzed/stiff arm",
"roman": "compare -gąą doo ahą́ą́h ndeełí",
"word": "-gaan kʼézʼáí"
},
{
"english": "by hand, manual, armway; manual labor, hand labor, unskilled labor",
"word": "gaaneegaanee naanish ()"
},
{
"english": "forearm, lower arm, ulna",
"roman": "also -gąąlóóʼ",
"word": "-gaanlóóʼ"
},
{
"english": "scapula, shoulder blade",
"roman": "also -gąąstsiin",
"word": "-gą́ą́stsiin"
},
{
"english": "scapula, shoulder blade; spinal area between scapula; between shoulder blades, horse withers",
"roman": "also -gą́ą́stsiin, compare -gąątsʼin, -gąątsʼiin",
"word": "-gąąstsiin-gąąstsiin ałchʼįʼ nahííláhí ()-gąąstsiin ałchʼįʼ nihiníláagi ()"
},
{
"english": "shoulder blade, arm bone",
"roman": "compare gąątsʼin, -gąąstsiin, -gą́ą́stsiin",
"word": "-gąąstsiin"
},
{
"english": "arm/foreleg bone; humerus, upper arm bone",
"roman": "compare -gaan bitaʼ sitání",
"word": "-gąątsʼin-gąąstsʼin bitaʼ sitání ()"
},
{
"english": "forearm",
"word": "-gąąyaaí"
},
{
"english": "sleeve",
"roman": "also -gąąziz",
"word": "-gąązis"
},
{
"english": "sleeve",
"roman": "also -gąązis",
"word": "-gąąziz"
},
{
"english": "arm fringes",
"word": "-gąązhnézhí"
},
{
"english": "amputated arm stump",
"roman": "compare -gąą agodí",
"word": "-gąąʼagod"
},
{
"english": "around back of arm over shoulder",
"roman": "also -gąną́ghah, compare -gąąghah, -ganighah",
"word": "-gąnaghah"
},
{
"english": "around back of arm over shoulder",
"roman": "also -gąnąghah, compare -gąąghah, -ganighah",
"word": "-gąnághah"
},
{
"alt": "also -gąąghah, compare -gąnaghah, -gąną́ghah",
"english": "area of scapula, back of arm",
"word": "-ganighah"
},
{
"english": "toenail, quadruped hind-claws",
"word": "-késhgaan"
},
{
"english": "fingernail, bird claw, quadruped fore-claws",
"word": "-láshgaan"
},
{
"english": "pine branch",
"word": "ńdíshchííʼ bigaan"
},
{
"english": "tree limb",
"word": "tsin bigaan"
}
],
"glosses": [
"arm, foreleg, limb, branch, front wheel"
],
"id": "en-gaan-nv-noun-1Jk26Zeh",
"links": [
[
"arm",
"arm"
]
],
"tags": [
"inalienable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[kɑ̀ːn]"
},
{
"ipa": "[kɣɑ̀ːn]"
}
],
"word": "gaan"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "front wheel of car",
"word": "chidí bigaan"
},
{
"english": "cut-off arm",
"roman": "compare -gąąʼagod",
"word": "-gąą agodí"
},
{
"english": "stiff/paralyzed arm",
"roman": "compare -gaan kʼézʼáí",
"word": "-gąą doo ahą́ą́h ndeełí"
},
{
"english": "arm on fletching",
"word": "-gąąbąstʼáán"
},
{
"english": "human arm prints, quadruped foreleg prints",
"word": "-gąądikééʼ"
},
{
"english": "arm muscle",
"word": "-gąądoh"
},
{
"english": "area of scapula, back of arm",
"roman": "also -ganighah, compare gąnaghah, -gąną́ghah",
"word": "-gąąghah"
},
{
"english": "shoulder bands",
"word": "-gąąghahashjééʼ"
},
{
"english": "shoulder band",
"word": "-gąąghahaztʼiʼ"
},
{
"english": "arm/foreleg missing, one-armed",
"word": "-gąąkʼis"
},
{
"english": "forearm, lower arm, ulna",
"roman": "also -gaanlóóʼ",
"word": "-gąąlóóʼ"
},
{
"english": "knuckle/wrist/elbow/shoulder joint",
"word": "-gaan ahánáwoʼó gónaa"
},
{
"english": "humerus, upper arm bone",
"roman": "compare -gąąstsʼin bitaʼ sitání",
"word": "-gaan bitaʼ sitání"
},
{
"english": "paralyzed/stiff arm",
"roman": "compare -gąą doo ahą́ą́h ndeełí",
"word": "-gaan kʼézʼáí"
},
{
"english": "by hand, manual, armway; manual labor, hand labor, unskilled labor",
"word": "gaaneegaanee naanish ()"
},
{
"english": "forearm, lower arm, ulna",
"roman": "also -gąąlóóʼ",
"word": "-gaanlóóʼ"
},
{
"english": "scapula, shoulder blade",
"roman": "also -gąąstsiin",
"word": "-gą́ą́stsiin"
},
{
"english": "scapula, shoulder blade; spinal area between scapula; between shoulder blades, horse withers",
"roman": "also -gą́ą́stsiin, compare -gąątsʼin, -gąątsʼiin",
"word": "-gąąstsiin-gąąstsiin ałchʼįʼ nahííláhí ()-gąąstsiin ałchʼįʼ nihiníláagi ()"
},
{
"english": "shoulder blade, arm bone",
"roman": "compare gąątsʼin, -gąąstsiin, -gą́ą́stsiin",
"word": "-gąąstsiin"
},
{
"english": "arm/foreleg bone; humerus, upper arm bone",
"roman": "compare -gaan bitaʼ sitání",
"word": "-gąątsʼin-gąąstsʼin bitaʼ sitání ()"
},
{
"english": "forearm",
"word": "-gąąyaaí"
},
{
"english": "sleeve",
"roman": "also -gąąziz",
"word": "-gąązis"
},
{
"english": "sleeve",
"roman": "also -gąązis",
"word": "-gąąziz"
},
{
"english": "arm fringes",
"word": "-gąązhnézhí"
},
{
"english": "amputated arm stump",
"roman": "compare -gąą agodí",
"word": "-gąąʼagod"
},
{
"english": "around back of arm over shoulder",
"roman": "also -gąną́ghah, compare -gąąghah, -ganighah",
"word": "-gąnaghah"
},
{
"english": "around back of arm over shoulder",
"roman": "also -gąnąghah, compare -gąąghah, -ganighah",
"word": "-gąnághah"
},
{
"alt": "also -gąąghah, compare -gąnaghah, -gąną́ghah",
"english": "area of scapula, back of arm",
"word": "-ganighah"
},
{
"english": "toenail, quadruped hind-claws",
"word": "-késhgaan"
},
{
"english": "fingernail, bird claw, quadruped fore-claws",
"word": "-láshgaan"
},
{
"english": "pine branch",
"word": "ńdíshchííʼ bigaan"
},
{
"english": "tree limb",
"word": "tsin bigaan"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nv",
"2": "ath-pro",
"3": "*-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢa̓·ŋ-əʔ.\nCognates:\n* Apachean: Western Apache -gan, Chiricahua -gan, Jicarilla -gan, Lipan -gąą’, Plains Apache -gąą\n* Others: Tsuut’ina -gànὰ’, Hupa -ɢan-, Mattole, -gaane’, Galice gaaneʔ, Chilcotin -gán, Slavey -gǫ́’, Hare -góné’, Dogrib -gǫ̀, Dene Sųłiné -gané, Sekani -gòne’, Dunneza -góné’, Central Tanana -gonaʔ, Hän -gæ̀nn’, Ahtna -ɢaane’, Dena'ina -ɢuna, Eyak -ɢəla’, Tlingit jín (\"hand\")",
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"tags": [
"in-compounds"
]
},
{
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"in-compounds"
]
},
{
"form": "gan-",
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"in-compounds"
]
},
{
"form": "-gaan",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "shigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nihigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"duoplural",
"first-person"
]
},
{
"form": "danihigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nihigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"duoplural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "danihigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yigaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"fourth-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hagaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"fourth-person"
]
},
{
"form": "agaan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite"
]
}
],
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],
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
"Navajo lemmas",
"Navajo links with redundant wikilinks",
"Navajo nouns",
"Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
"Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
"Pages with 9 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"nv:Limbs"
],
"glosses": [
"arm, foreleg, limb, branch, front wheel"
],
"links": [
[
"arm",
"arm"
]
],
"tags": [
"inalienable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[kɑ̀ːn]"
},
{
"ipa": "[kɣɑ̀ːn]"
}
],
"word": "gaan"
}
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