adághaaʼ

Navajo

Etymology

Compound of adaaʼ (“lips”) +‎ aghaaʼ (“fur, hair”).

Noun

adághaaʼ

1. mustache
2. beard

Inflection

possessives of adághaaʼ

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shidághaaʼ	nihidághaaʼ	danihidághaaʼ
2nd person	nidághaaʼ	nihidághaaʼ	danihidághaaʼ
3rd person	bidághaaʼ
4th person (3o)	yidághaaʼ
4th person (3a)	hadághaaʼ
Indefinite (3i)	adághaaʼ

Alternative forms

• adághá
• dághá

Derived terms

• Dágháilchįįh (“Adolf Hitler”, literally “Mustache-Smeller”)