chąąʼ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "chaa"
Navajo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰã̀ːʔ/
Noun
chąąʼ (possessed form bichaan)
Usage notes
- Although it can be translated as shit, chąąʼ is not considered nearly as vulgar as shit is in English.
- The possessed form bichąąʼ is possible, but it is rude and inelegant, somewhat like his shit. The possessed form bichaan is a polite word, more equivalent to manure, ordure.
Inflection
| singular | duoplural | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | shichaan | nihichaan | danihichaan |
| 2nd person | nichaan | nihichaan | danihichaan |
| 3rd person | bichaan | ||
| 4th person (3o) | yichaan | ||
| 4th person (3a) | hachaan | ||
| Indefinite (3i) | achaan | ||
Derived terms
- awóchaan (“tartar”)
- chąądił (“dysentery”)
- chąąmąʼii (“youngster, kid”)
- chąąneiłhizii (“dung beetle”)
- chąąʼ báhooghan (“toilet”)
- chąąʼ bee yildéhí (“toilet paper”)
- chąąʼ ééʼníʼ (“constipation”)
- lókʼeeshchąąʼí (“youngest member of a family, last child born”)
- łééchąąʼí (“dog”)
- nákʼeeshchąąʼ (“rheum”)
References
- Young, Robert, Morgan, William, Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 75