áłchíní

Navajo

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Noun

áłchíní

1. 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 óltaʼgóó deeskai. — Nanibaa’s children and Hashke Naabaah’s children are going to school.

2. family (wife and children)

   shaʼáłchíní

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   — (spoken by a man) my family; my wife and kids; (spoken by a woman) my children

Derived terms

• áłchíní ółtaʼígíí (schoolchild)