atsįʼ
See also: atsiʼ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tsənʸ (“flesh, meat”). Cognate with Ket ис.
Noun
atsįʼ
- meat, flesh
- sheʼatsįʼ ― my meat (animal meat that I possess)
- sitsįʼ ― my flesh (of my body)
Inflection
possessives of atsįʼ
| singular | duoplural | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sitsįʼ | nihitsįʼ | danihitsįʼ |
| 2nd person | nitsįʼ | nihitsįʼ | danihitsįʼ |
| 3rd person | bitsįʼ | ||
| 4th person (3o) | yitsįʼ | ||
| 4th person (3a) | hatsįʼ | ||
| Indefinite (3i) | atsįʼ | ||
type D possessives of atsįʼ
| singular | duoplural | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sheʼatsįʼ | niheʼatsįʼ | daniheʼatsįʼ |
| 2nd person | neʼatsįʼ | niheʼatsįʼ | daniheʼatsįʼ |
| 3rd person | beʼatsįʼ | ||
| 4th person (3o) | yeʼatsįʼ | ||
| 4th person (3a) | hweʼatsįʼ | ||
| Indefinite (3i) | atsįʼ | ||
Synonyms
- atsʼíís
Derived terms
- tsiih (“into the flesh”)