"yá" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ (“sky”). Cognate with Tsuut'ina naakʼos, Chipewyan yaa, Beaver yaa, Carrier yaah, Sekani yaa, Ahtna yaa, and possbly Ket есь (ēs’). Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*yaˑ||sky}} Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ (“sky”), {{cog|srs|naakʼos}} Tsuut'ina naakʼos, {{cog|chp|yaa}} Chipewyan yaa, {{cog|bea|yaa}} Beaver yaa, {{cog|crx|yaah}} Carrier yaah, {{cog|sek|yaa}} Sekani yaa, {{cog|aht|yaa}} Ahtna yaa, {{cog|ket|есь|tr=ēs’}} Ket есь (ēs’) Head templates: {{head|nv|noun}} yá
  1. sky Derived forms: yádiłhił
    Sense id: en-yá-nv-noun-BfUU-ufK Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Postposition

Head templates: {{head|nv|postposition}} yá 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 him/her/it/them
    Sense id: en-yá-nv-postp-9Lmhm09t Categories (other): Navajo postpositions
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
{
  "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": "yá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "postp",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo postpositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for him/her/it/them"
      ],
      "id": "en-yá-nv-postp-9Lmhm09t",
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "him",
          "him"
        ],
        [
          "her",
          "her"
        ],
        [
          "it",
          "it"
        ],
        [
          "them",
          "them"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yá"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*yaˑ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sky"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ (“sky”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srs",
        "2": "naakʼos"
      },
      "expansion": "Tsuut'ina naakʼos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chp",
        "2": "yaa"
      },
      "expansion": "Chipewyan yaa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bea",
        "2": "yaa"
      },
      "expansion": "Beaver yaa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "crx",
        "2": "yaah"
      },
      "expansion": "Carrier yaah",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sek",
        "2": "yaa"
      },
      "expansion": "Sekani yaa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aht",
        "2": "yaa"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahtna yaa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ket",
        "2": "есь",
        "tr": "ēs’"
      },
      "expansion": "Ket есь (ēs’)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ (“sky”). Cognate with Tsuut'ina naakʼos, Chipewyan yaa, Beaver yaa, Carrier yaah, Sekani yaa, Ahtna yaa, and possbly Ket есь (ēs’).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "yá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "yádiłhił"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sky"
      ],
      "id": "en-yá-nv-noun-BfUU-ufK",
      "links": [
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yá"
}
{
  "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 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "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": "yá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "postp",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "for him/her/it/them"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "him",
          "him"
        ],
        [
          "her",
          "her"
        ],
        [
          "it",
          "it"
        ],
        [
          "them",
          "them"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yá"
}

{
  "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 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "yádiłhił"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*yaˑ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sky"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ (“sky”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "srs",
        "2": "naakʼos"
      },
      "expansion": "Tsuut'ina naakʼos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chp",
        "2": "yaa"
      },
      "expansion": "Chipewyan yaa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bea",
        "2": "yaa"
      },
      "expansion": "Beaver yaa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "crx",
        "2": "yaah"
      },
      "expansion": "Carrier yaah",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sek",
        "2": "yaa"
      },
      "expansion": "Sekani yaa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aht",
        "2": "yaa"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahtna yaa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ket",
        "2": "есь",
        "tr": "ēs’"
      },
      "expansion": "Ket есь (ēs’)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ (“sky”). Cognate with Tsuut'ina naakʼos, Chipewyan yaa, Beaver yaa, Carrier yaah, Sekani yaa, Ahtna yaa, and possbly Ket есь (ēs’).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "yá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sky"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yá"
}

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