awéétsʼáál

Etymology

awééʼ (“baby”) + tsʼáál (“diaper”).

Noun

awéétsʼáál (possessed form beʼawéétsʼáál)

  1. cradleboard, cradle
  2. cliffrose, Purshia tridentata

Inflection

Secondary possessives of awéétsʼáál
singular duoplural plural
1st person sheʼawéétsʼáál niheʼawéétsʼáál daniheʼawéétsʼáál
2nd person neʼawéétsʼáál niheʼawéétsʼáál daniheʼawéétsʼáál
3rd person beʼawéétsʼáál
4th person (3o) yeʼawéétsʼáál
4th person (3a) hweʼawéétsʼáál
Indefinite (3i) awéétsʼáál

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 137.
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