áláshgaan

Navajo

Etymology

From álaʼ (“hand”) + -sh- (ligature) + -gan (“dried up”, from -GAN, “to wither”) + -ii (nominalizer).

Noun

áláshgaan

1. (anatomy) fingernail
2. (anatomy) claw, pincer

Inflection

possessives of áláshgaan

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shíláshgaan	nihíláshgaan	danihíláshgaan
2nd person	níláshgaan	nihíláshgaan	danihíláshgaan
3rd person	bíláshgaan
4th person (3o)	yíláshgaan
4th person (3a)	háláshgaan
Indefinite (3i)	áláshgaan

See also

• akéshgaan