"sin" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

IPA: [sɪ̀n]
Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *xʸən (“shaman's power, medicine, song”). Related to -YĮĮD (“to be holy”), from Proto-Athabaskan *ɣʸən (“to act as a shaman, to be endowed with supernatural powers”). Compare Ahtna sen (“spiritual power, medicine”), Koyukon sən (“shaman's spirit”), Gwich'in shan (“shamanism, magic”), Tlingit shí, shī, shi(n) (“sing, song”), Eyak tsį, Dena'ina shen, Galice šan (“song”), Lipan shį̀. Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*xʸən||shaman's power, medicine, song}} Proto-Athabaskan *xʸən (“shaman's power, medicine, song”), {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*ɣʸən||to act as a shaman, to be endowed with supernatural powers}} Proto-Athabaskan *ɣʸən (“to act as a shaman, to be endowed with supernatural powers”), {{cog|aht|sen||spiritual power, medicine}} Ahtna sen (“spiritual power, medicine”), {{cog|koy|sən||shaman's spirit}} Koyukon sən (“shaman's spirit”), {{cog|gwi|shan||shamanism, magic}} Gwich'in shan (“shamanism, magic”), {{cog|tli|shí}} Tlingit shí, {{cog|eya|tsį}} Eyak tsį, {{cog|tfn|shen}} Dena'ina shen, {{cog|gce|šan||song}} Galice šan (“song”), {{cog|apl|shį̀}} Lipan shį̀ Head templates: {{head|nv|noun|possessed form|biyiin}} sin (possessed form biyiin) Forms: biyiin [possessed-form], no-table-tags [table-tags], shiyiin [first-person, singular], nihiyiin [duoplural, first-person], danihiyiin [first-person, plural], niyiin [second-person, singular], nihiyiin [duoplural, second-person], danihiyiin [plural, second-person], biyiin [third-person], yiyiin [fourth-person], hayiin [fourth-person], ayiin [indefinite]
  1. song Categories (topical): Singing
    Sense id: en-sin-nv-noun-Y~dciQsF Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 65 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*xʸən",
        "4": "",
        "5": "shaman's power, medicine, song"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *xʸən (“shaman's power, medicine, song”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*ɣʸən",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to act as a shaman, to be endowed with supernatural powers"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *ɣʸən (“to act as a shaman, to be endowed with supernatural powers”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aht",
        "2": "sen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "spiritual power, medicine"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahtna sen (“spiritual power, medicine”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "koy",
        "2": "sən",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shaman's spirit"
      },
      "expansion": "Koyukon sən (“shaman's spirit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gwi",
        "2": "shan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shamanism, magic"
      },
      "expansion": "Gwich'in shan (“shamanism, magic”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tli",
        "2": "shí"
      },
      "expansion": "Tlingit shí",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eya",
        "2": "tsį"
      },
      "expansion": "Eyak tsį",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tfn",
        "2": "shen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dena'ina shen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gce",
        "2": "šan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "song"
      },
      "expansion": "Galice šan (“song”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "apl",
        "2": "shį̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Lipan shį̀",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *xʸən (“shaman's power, medicine, song”). Related to -YĮĮD (“to be holy”), from Proto-Athabaskan *ɣʸən (“to act as a shaman, to be endowed with supernatural powers”).\nCompare Ahtna sen (“spiritual power, medicine”), Koyukon sən (“shaman's spirit”), Gwich'in shan (“shamanism, magic”), Tlingit shí, shī, shi(n) (“sing, song”), Eyak tsį, Dena'ina shen, Galice šan (“song”), Lipan shį̀.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "biyiin",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-pos-lowtone",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihiyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihiyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "possessed form",
        "4": "biyiin"
      },
      "expansion": "sin (possessed form biyiin)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 65 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Singing",
          "orig": "nv:Singing",
          "parents": [
            "Music",
            "Talking",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "song"
      ],
      "id": "en-sin-nv-noun-Y~dciQsF",
      "links": [
        [
          "song",
          "song"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɪ̀n]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sin"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*xʸən",
        "4": "",
        "5": "shaman's power, medicine, song"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *xʸən (“shaman's power, medicine, song”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*ɣʸən",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to act as a shaman, to be endowed with supernatural powers"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *ɣʸən (“to act as a shaman, to be endowed with supernatural powers”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aht",
        "2": "sen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "spiritual power, medicine"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahtna sen (“spiritual power, medicine”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "koy",
        "2": "sən",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shaman's spirit"
      },
      "expansion": "Koyukon sən (“shaman's spirit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gwi",
        "2": "shan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shamanism, magic"
      },
      "expansion": "Gwich'in shan (“shamanism, magic”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tli",
        "2": "shí"
      },
      "expansion": "Tlingit shí",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eya",
        "2": "tsį"
      },
      "expansion": "Eyak tsį",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tfn",
        "2": "shen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dena'ina shen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gce",
        "2": "šan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "song"
      },
      "expansion": "Galice šan (“song”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "apl",
        "2": "shį̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Lipan shį̀",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *xʸən (“shaman's power, medicine, song”). Related to -YĮĮD (“to be holy”), from Proto-Athabaskan *ɣʸən (“to act as a shaman, to be endowed with supernatural powers”).\nCompare Ahtna sen (“spiritual power, medicine”), Koyukon sən (“shaman's spirit”), Gwich'in shan (“shamanism, magic”), Tlingit shí, shī, shi(n) (“sing, song”), Eyak tsį, Dena'ina shen, Galice šan (“song”), Lipan shį̀.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "biyiin",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-pos-lowtone",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihiyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihiyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihiyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yiyiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "possessed form",
        "4": "biyiin"
      },
      "expansion": "sin (possessed form biyiin)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "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 65 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "nv:Singing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "song"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "song",
          "song"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɪ̀n]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sin"
}

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