áłchíní

A compound of uncertain origin.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ʔɑ́ɬt͡ʃʰɪ́nɪ́/

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áłchíní

1. children

   baʼáłchíní

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   — his/her children

   naʼáłchíní

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   — your children

   nihaʼáłchíní

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   — our children

   Náníbaaʼ baʼáłchíní dóó Hashké Naabaah baʼáłchíní óltaʼgóó deeskai.

   Nanibaa’s children and Hashke Naabaah’s children are going to school.

2. family (wife and children)

   shaʼáłchíní

   (spoken by a male) my family; my wife and kids; (spoken by a female) my children

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• áłchíní ółtaʼígíí (“schoolchild”)