"shá" meaning in Navajo

See shá in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *šʷaˑ. Compare Ahtna saa, Beaver saa, Chipewyan saaʼ, Sekani sáa, Carrier saa. More distantly related to Ket и (īˑ, “sun”), via Proto-Yeniseian *xʷaj. Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*šʷaˑ}} Proto-Athabaskan *šʷaˑ, {{cog|aht|saa}} Ahtna saa, {{cog|bea|saa}} Beaver saa, {{cog|chp|saaʼ}} Chipewyan saaʼ, {{cog|sek|sáa}} Sekani sáa, {{cog|crx|saa}} Carrier saa, {{cog|ket|и|t=sun|tr=īˑ}} Ket и (īˑ, “sun”), {{cog|qfa-yen-pro|*xʷaj}} Proto-Yeniseian *xʷaj Head templates: {{head|nv|noun}} shá
  1. sun Derived forms: shá bitłʼóól, shá bítłʼájiiłchiiʼ Related terms: shą́ą́ʼ (english: sunshine, sunny side), shą́ąʼjiʼ, shá bitłʼóól (english: sunbeam), shąádáahijgo (english: counter-clockwise), shá bikʼehgo (english: clockwise), shá bílghah (english: all day long)
    Sense id: en-shá-nv-noun-J3VvBQ4U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Postposition

Head templates: {{head|nv|postposition}} shá Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], shá [first-person, singular], nihá [duoplural, first-person], [second-person, singular], nihá [duoplural, second-person], [third-person], [fourth-person], [fourth-person], á [fourth-person, singular], - [duoplural, fourth-person], ádá [reflexive, singular], - [duoplural, reflexive], - [reciprocal, singular], ahá [duoplural, reciprocal]
  1. for me Related terms: shąʼ, shaa, shąąh, sháátis
    Sense id: en-shá-nv-postp-ODS3CBPJ Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Navajo postpositions, Astronomy Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Astronomy: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "há",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "á",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ádá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reciprocal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "shá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "postp",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo postpositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Astronomy",
          "orig": "nv:Astronomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for me"
      ],
      "id": "en-shá-nv-postp-ODS3CBPJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "shąʼ"
        },
        {
          "word": "shaa"
        },
        {
          "word": "shąąh"
        },
        {
          "word": "sháátis"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shá"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*šʷaˑ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *šʷaˑ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aht",
        "2": "saa"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahtna saa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bea",
        "2": "saa"
      },
      "expansion": "Beaver saa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chp",
        "2": "saaʼ"
      },
      "expansion": "Chipewyan saaʼ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sek",
        "2": "sáa"
      },
      "expansion": "Sekani sáa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "crx",
        "2": "saa"
      },
      "expansion": "Carrier saa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ket",
        "2": "и",
        "t": "sun",
        "tr": "īˑ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ket и (īˑ, “sun”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "qfa-yen-pro",
        "2": "*xʷaj"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yeniseian *xʷaj",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *šʷaˑ. Compare Ahtna saa, Beaver saa, Chipewyan saaʼ, Sekani sáa, Carrier saa. More distantly related to Ket и (īˑ, “sun”), via Proto-Yeniseian *xʷaj.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "shá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "shá bitłʼóól"
        },
        {
          "word": "shá bítłʼájiiłchiiʼ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sun"
      ],
      "id": "en-shá-nv-noun-J3VvBQ4U",
      "links": [
        [
          "sun",
          "sun"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "sunshine, sunny side",
          "word": "shą́ą́ʼ"
        },
        {
          "word": "shą́ąʼjiʼ"
        },
        {
          "english": "sunbeam",
          "word": "shá bitłʼóól"
        },
        {
          "english": "counter-clockwise",
          "word": "shąádáahijgo"
        },
        {
          "english": "clockwise",
          "word": "shá bikʼehgo"
        },
        {
          "english": "all day long",
          "word": "shá bílghah"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shá"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Navajo postpositions",
    "Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Astronomy"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "há",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "á",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ádá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reciprocal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "shá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "postp",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "shąʼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "shaa"
    },
    {
      "word": "shąąh"
    },
    {
      "word": "sháátis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "for me"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shá"
}

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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 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Astronomy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "shá bitłʼóól"
    },
    {
      "word": "shá bítłʼájiiłchiiʼ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*šʷaˑ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *šʷaˑ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aht",
        "2": "saa"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahtna saa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bea",
        "2": "saa"
      },
      "expansion": "Beaver saa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chp",
        "2": "saaʼ"
      },
      "expansion": "Chipewyan saaʼ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sek",
        "2": "sáa"
      },
      "expansion": "Sekani sáa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "crx",
        "2": "saa"
      },
      "expansion": "Carrier saa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ket",
        "2": "и",
        "t": "sun",
        "tr": "īˑ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ket и (īˑ, “sun”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "qfa-yen-pro",
        "2": "*xʷaj"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yeniseian *xʷaj",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *šʷaˑ. Compare Ahtna saa, Beaver saa, Chipewyan saaʼ, Sekani sáa, Carrier saa. More distantly related to Ket и (īˑ, “sun”), via Proto-Yeniseian *xʷaj.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "shá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "sunshine, sunny side",
      "word": "shą́ą́ʼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "shą́ąʼjiʼ"
    },
    {
      "english": "sunbeam",
      "word": "shá bitłʼóól"
    },
    {
      "english": "counter-clockwise",
      "word": "shąádáahijgo"
    },
    {
      "english": "clockwise",
      "word": "shá bikʼehgo"
    },
    {
      "english": "all day long",
      "word": "shá bílghah"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sun",
          "sun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shá"
}

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