álaʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ala"

Navajo

Etymology

Cognate with Ket лаңат (laŋat).

Noun

álaʼ

1. hand
2. (rare) finger

   bílaʼashdlaʼii ― human being (literally, “the five-fingered one”)

Inflection

possessives of álaʼ

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shílaʼ	nihílaʼ	danihílaʼ
2nd person	nílaʼ	nihílaʼ	danihílaʼ
3rd person	bílaʼ
4th person (3o)	yílaʼ
4th person (3a)	hálaʼ
Indefinite (3i)	álaʼ

Derived terms

• álázhoozh
• álánééz
• álátsoh
• áláshgaan