áłchíní

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Etymology

A compound of uncertain origin.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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Inflection

possessives of áłchíní
singular duoplural plural
1st person shaʼáłchíní nihaʼáłchíní danihaʼáłchíní
2nd person naʼáłchíní nihaʼáłchíní danihaʼáłchíní
3rd person baʼáłchíní
4th person (3o) yaʼáłchíní
4th person (3a) hwaʼáłchíní

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Robert W. Young, William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 358
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