áłchíní

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Navajo

Etymology

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Particularly: “Any relation to low-tone ałchin (to be wild, to be feral)? Given the high tone here, probably not, but then what's the derivation of ałchíní?”

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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