awóchiiʼ

Navajo

Etymology

From awooʼ (“tooth”) + -chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”).

Noun

awóchiiʼ

1. gums of the teeth, toothred

Inflection

possessives of awóchiiʼ

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shiwóchiiʼ	nihiwóchiiʼ	danihiwóchiiʼ
2nd person	niwóchiiʼ	nihiwóchiiʼ	danihiwóchiiʼ
3rd person	biwóchiiʼ
4th person (3o)	yiwóchiiʼ
4th person (3a)	hawóchiiʼ
Indefinite (3i)	awóchiiʼ

Synonyms

• awótsįʼ