"yah" meaning in Navajo

See yah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Postposition

Etymology: Compare Carrier yoh (“house”) Etymology templates: {{cog|crx|yoh||house}} Carrier yoh (“house”) Head templates: {{head|nv|postposition}} yah
  1. inside, into an enclosed space, into an enclosure
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    }
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            [
              50,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I heard a noise in a cave and when I entered in it, I saw two people hugging.",
          "text": "Tséʼáán łaʼ góneʼ tʼáadoo leʼé diistsʼą́ą́ ńtʼééʼ yah ííyáago diné łaʼ tʼáá shitéézh ńtʼééʼ náʼahiznihgo yiiłtsą́.",
          "translation": "I heard a noise in a cave and when I entered in it, I saw two people hugging.",
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        }
      ],
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        "inside, into an enclosed space, into an enclosure"
      ],
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          "inside",
          "inside"
        ],
        [
          "into",
          "into"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yah"
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      },
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          "english": "I heard a noise in a cave and when I entered in it, I saw two people hugging.",
          "text": "Tséʼáán łaʼ góneʼ tʼáadoo leʼé diistsʼą́ą́ ńtʼééʼ yah ííyáago diné łaʼ tʼáá shitéézh ńtʼééʼ náʼahiznihgo yiiłtsą́.",
          "translation": "I heard a noise in a cave and when I entered in it, I saw two people hugging.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inside, into an enclosed space, into an enclosure"
      ],
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        [
          "inside",
          "inside"
        ],
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          "into",
          "into"
        ]
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