chaaʼ

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Navajo

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chaaʼ

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tshaʼ (“beaver”). Cognate with Hän tsà’, Sarcee tsxa, Chipewyan tsáá, Beaver chááʼ, Carrier tsaa, Sekani tsáʼ, Ahtna tsaʼ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʃʰaːʔ/

Noun

chaaʼ

beaver
tubby, huge, corpulent

Derived terms

chaalįįd (“castor”)
chaatʼíní (“dock, sorrel”)
cháłchaaʼ (“beetle”)
shichaaʼ (“I'm huge”)

References

Young, Robert, Morgan, William, Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 74

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