Navajo edit

Etymology edit

Possibly Proto-Athabaskan *usa̓sakʸ, suggested to be of Eskimo-Aleut origin, compare Aleut isxatix (grass basket). Cognate with Chiricahua ʼísaa, Eyak ʼishXah, Tsuut'ina ʼásaʼ, Dena'ina isukʼ.

Noun edit

ásaaʼ (possessed form beʼésaʼ)

  1. pot, dish, bowl, kettle, pan, jar
  2. (music) drum

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 10