asdzání
Navajo
Etymology
ʼa- (unspecified person prefix) + -s- (ligature) + -dzą́ (“pitted, having a cavity or hole”, perfective stem) + -n- (ligature) + -í (nominalizer)
Noun
asdzání (possessed form beʼasdzáán, plural sáanii)
- young woman, wife, lady
- actress
Antonyms
- hastiin
Derived terms
- asdzání bahastiin daaztsánígíí (“widow”)
- asdzání bichʼah (“scarf”)
- asdzání daʼiigisígíí (“washer woman”)
Related terms
- asdzáán (“elder woman”)
- asdzáánsání (“old woman”)
- asdzą́ą́
- Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé (“Changing Woman”)