agaan
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢa̓ˑnəʼ.[1]
Cognate with Western Apache -gan, Chiricahua -gan, Jicarilla -gan, Lipan -gąą’, Plains Apache -gąą, Tsuut'ina -gànὰ’, Hupa -ɢan-, Mattole -gaane’, Galice gaaneʔ, Chilcotin -gán, Slavey, Hare North Slavey -góné’, Dogrib -gǫ̀, Chipewyan -gané, Sekani -gòne’, Beaver -góné’, Lower Tanana -gonaʔ, Hän -gæ̀nn’, Ahtna -ggaane’, Dena'ina -ɢuna, Eyak -ɢəla’, Tlingit jín (“hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɑ̀kɑ̀ːn/
Noun
agaan (compound forms gąą-, gą-, gan-)
Inflection
| singular | duoplural | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | shigaan | nihigaan | danihigaan |
| 2nd person | nigaan | nihigaan | danihigaan |
| 3rd person | bigaan | ||
| 4th person (3o) | yigaan | ||
| 4th person (3a) | hagaan | ||
| Indefinite (3i) | agaan | ||
Derived terms
- agąąstsiin
- agąąghah
- agąąziz
References
- ^ Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 95