shééʼ

Etymology

Related to the verbal root root -ZHÉÉʼ, “to spit”)[1]

Noun

shééʼ

  1. spit, saliva, spittle

Inflection

Possessives of shééʼ
singular duoplural plural
1st person shizhééʼ nihizhééʼ danihizhééʼ
2nd person nizhééʼ nihizhééʼ danihizhééʼ
3rd person bizhééʼ
4th person (3o) yizhééʼ
4th person (3a) hazhééʼ
Indefinite (3i) azhééʼ

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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 355.