áłchíní

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
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 edit

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Noun edit

áłchíní

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 óltaʼ góó deeskai.
Nanibaa’s children and Hashke Naabaah’s children are going to school.
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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Inflection edit

possessives of áłchíní

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shaʼáłchíní	nihaʼáłchíní	danihaʼáłchíní
2nd person	naʼáłchíní	nihaʼáłchíní	danihaʼáłchíní
3rd person	baʼáłchíní
4th person (3o)	yaʼáłchíní
4th person (3a)	hwaʼáłchíní

Derived terms edit

áłchíní ółtaʼígíí (“schoolchild”)