"tsʼin" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

IPA: /t͡sʼɪ̀n/ Audio: Nv-tsʼin.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼɨn. Related to the root -TSʼIN (“become bony, hard”) Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*tsʼɨn}} Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼɨn, {{nv-root|-TSʼIN|bony|become bony, hard}} -TSʼIN (“become bony, hard”) Head templates: {{head|nv|noun}} tsʼin
  1. bone(s)
    Sense id: en-tsʼin-nv-noun-r~SofXWx Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼIN (bony), Pages with 1 entry, Anatomy Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼIN (bony): 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50
  2. skeleton
    Sense id: en-tsʼin-nv-noun-KsEakhBM Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼIN (bony), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anatomy Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼIN (bony): 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: atsʼin, hatsʼin Derived forms: awostsʼin (english: shoulder bone), kááʼtsʼiní (english: armadillo), táłkááʼ tsʼin (english: alligator, crocodile)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "shoulder bone",
      "translation": "shoulder bone",
      "word": "awostsʼin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "armadillo",
      "translation": "armadillo",
      "word": "kááʼtsʼiní"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "alligator, crocodile",
      "translation": "alligator, crocodile",
      "word": "táłkááʼ tsʼin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*tsʼɨn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼɨn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-TSʼIN",
        "2": "bony",
        "3": "become bony, hard"
      },
      "expansion": "-TSʼIN (“become bony, hard”)",
      "name": "nv-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼɨn. Related to the root -TSʼIN (“become bony, hard”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "tsʼin",
      "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": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "nv:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bone(s)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tsʼin-nv-noun-r~SofXWx",
      "links": [
        [
          "bone",
          "bone"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼIN (bony)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "nv:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "skeleton"
      ],
      "id": "en-tsʼin-nv-noun-KsEakhBM",
      "links": [
        [
          "skeleton",
          "skeleton"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʼɪ̀n/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nv-tsʼin.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/Nv-ts%CA%BCin.ogg/Nv-ts%CA%BCin.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Nv-ts%CA%BCin.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "atsʼin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hatsʼin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tsʼin"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼIN (bony)",
    "Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Anatomy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "shoulder bone",
      "translation": "shoulder bone",
      "word": "awostsʼin"
    },
    {
      "english": "armadillo",
      "translation": "armadillo",
      "word": "kááʼtsʼiní"
    },
    {
      "english": "alligator, crocodile",
      "translation": "alligator, crocodile",
      "word": "táłkááʼ tsʼin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*tsʼɨn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼɨn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-TSʼIN",
        "2": "bony",
        "3": "become bony, hard"
      },
      "expansion": "-TSʼIN (“become bony, hard”)",
      "name": "nv-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼɨn. Related to the root -TSʼIN (“become bony, hard”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "tsʼin",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bone(s)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bone",
          "bone"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "skeleton"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skeleton",
          "skeleton"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʼɪ̀n/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nv-tsʼin.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/Nv-ts%CA%BCin.ogg/Nv-ts%CA%BCin.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Nv-ts%CA%BCin.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "atsʼin"
    },
    {
      "word": "hatsʼin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tsʼin"
}

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