"tooh" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

IPA: /tʰòːh/ Forms: bitooh [possessed-form]
Etymology: Related to tó (“water”). Has also been compared to Ket дэʼ (deˀ). Etymology templates: {{cog|ket|дэʼ|tr=deˀ}} Ket дэʼ (deˀ) Head templates: {{head|nv|noun|possessed form|bitooh}} tooh (possessed form bitooh)
  1. river, body of water
    Sense id: en-tooh-nv-noun-8z5XSA3B Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Rivers Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Rivers: 60 40
  2. lake
    Sense id: en-tooh-nv-noun-bwIfAmjV Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Lakes Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Lakes: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Tooh Baʼáadii (english: Rio Grande), tooh góyaa, tooh nílíní (english: river), tooh siyínígíí (english: lake) Derived forms: tooh łéʼétsoh (english: muskrat)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "muskrat",
      "translation": "muskrat",
      "word": "tooh łéʼétsoh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ket",
        "2": "дэʼ",
        "tr": "deˀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ket дэʼ (deˀ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to tó (“water”). Has also been compared to Ket дэʼ (deˀ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bitooh",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "possessed form",
        "4": "bitooh"
      },
      "expansion": "tooh (possessed form bitooh)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Rivers",
          "orig": "nv:Rivers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Arkansas River",
          "text": "Tooh Áákinsoo",
          "translation": "Arkansas River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Salt River",
          "text": "Tooh Áshįįh",
          "translation": "Salt River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Rio Grande",
          "text": "Tooh Baʼáadii (or Naakaii Bitooh)",
          "translation": "Rio Grande",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "San Juan River",
          "text": "Tooh Bikaʼí",
          "translation": "San Juan River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "San Juan River",
          "text": "Są́ Bitooh",
          "translation": "San Juan River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Colorado River",
          "text": "Tooh Colorado",
          "translation": "Colorado River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Canadian River",
          "text": "Tooh Deetéél Bikéyah",
          "translation": "Canadian River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Gila River",
          "text": "Tooh Gila",
          "translation": "Gila River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Pecos River",
          "text": "Tooh Pecos",
          "translation": "Pecos River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Sonora River",
          "text": "Tooh Sonora",
          "translation": "Sonora River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Yaqui River",
          "text": "Tooh Yaqui",
          "translation": "Yaqui River",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "river, body of water"
      ],
      "id": "en-tooh-nv-noun-8z5XSA3B",
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Lakes",
          "orig": "nv:Lakes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lake"
      ],
      "id": "en-tooh-nv-noun-bwIfAmjV",
      "links": [
        [
          "lake",
          "lake"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰòːh/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Rio Grande",
      "translation": "Rio Grande",
      "word": "Tooh Baʼáadii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tooh góyaa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "river",
      "translation": "river",
      "word": "tooh nílíní"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "lake",
      "translation": "lake",
      "word": "tooh siyínígíí"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tooh"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Lakes",
    "nv:Rivers"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "muskrat",
      "translation": "muskrat",
      "word": "tooh łéʼétsoh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ket",
        "2": "дэʼ",
        "tr": "deˀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ket дэʼ (deˀ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to tó (“water”). Has also been compared to Ket дэʼ (deˀ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bitooh",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "possessed form",
        "4": "bitooh"
      },
      "expansion": "tooh (possessed form bitooh)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Arkansas River",
          "text": "Tooh Áákinsoo",
          "translation": "Arkansas River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Salt River",
          "text": "Tooh Áshįįh",
          "translation": "Salt River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Rio Grande",
          "text": "Tooh Baʼáadii (or Naakaii Bitooh)",
          "translation": "Rio Grande",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "San Juan River",
          "text": "Tooh Bikaʼí",
          "translation": "San Juan River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "San Juan River",
          "text": "Są́ Bitooh",
          "translation": "San Juan River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Colorado River",
          "text": "Tooh Colorado",
          "translation": "Colorado River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Canadian River",
          "text": "Tooh Deetéél Bikéyah",
          "translation": "Canadian River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Gila River",
          "text": "Tooh Gila",
          "translation": "Gila River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Pecos River",
          "text": "Tooh Pecos",
          "translation": "Pecos River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Sonora River",
          "text": "Tooh Sonora",
          "translation": "Sonora River",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Yaqui River",
          "text": "Tooh Yaqui",
          "translation": "Yaqui River",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "river, body of water"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lake",
          "lake"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰòːh/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Rio Grande",
      "translation": "Rio Grande",
      "word": "Tooh Baʼáadii"
    },
    {
      "word": "tooh góyaa"
    },
    {
      "english": "river",
      "translation": "river",
      "word": "tooh nílíní"
    },
    {
      "english": "lake",
      "translation": "lake",
      "word": "tooh siyínígíí"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tooh"
}

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