atsʼin
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼən (“bone”). Related to the root -TSʼĮĮD (“to be bony, hard”).
Noun
atsʼin (compound forms -tsʼin, -tsʼiin)
- (anatomy) bone(s)
Inflection
possessives of atsʼin
| singular | duoplural | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sitsʼin | nihitsʼin | danihitsʼin |
| 2nd person | nitsʼin | nihitsʼin | danihitsʼin |
| 3rd person | bitsʼin | ||
| 4th person (3o) | yitsʼin | ||
| 4th person (3a) | hatsʼin | ||
| Indefinite (3i) | atsʼin | ||
Synonyms
- tsʼin