akéshgaan

Navajo

Etymology

From a- (indefinite personal possessive pronoun) + ké- (“foot”) + -sh- (ligature) + -gan (“dried up”, from -GAN, “to wither”) + -ii (nominalizer).

Noun

akéshgaan (inalienable)

1. (anatomy) hoof, toenail, claw, talon

Inflection

possessives of akéshgaan

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shikéshgaan	nihikéshgaan	danihikéshgaan
2nd person	nikéshgaan	nihikéshgaan	danihikéshgaan
3rd person	bikéshgaan
4th person (3o)	yikéshgaan
4th person (3a)	hakéshgaan
Indefinite (3i)	akéshgaan

See also

• áláshgaan