séí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sei"

Navajo

Etymology

From the root -ZÉÍ (“to crumble”).

Noun

séí

1. sand

Inflection

possessives of séí

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shizéí	nihizéí	danihizéí
2nd person	nizéí	nihizéí	danihizéí
3rd person	bizéí
4th person (3o)	yizéí
4th person (3a)	hazéí
Indefinite (3i)	azéí

Derived terms

• dinézéí (“crummy person”)
• tsʼiilzéí (“rubbish, trash”)
• tsézéí (“gravel”)

Related terms

• dizéí