shiʼáád

Navajo edit

Noun edit

shiʼáád

(term of address, endearing) woman, girl

Usage notes edit

Term used in affectionate teasing, especially in the bedroom. If the relationship is not intimate enough, then this term would be taken as disrespectful and insulting.

Inflection edit

possessives of shiʼáád

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shiʼáád	nihiʼáád	danihiʼáád
2nd person	niʼáád	nihiʼáád	danihiʼáád
3rd person	biʼáád
4th person (3o)	yiʼáád
4th person (3a)	haʼáád
Indefinite (3i)	aʼáád

Synonyms edit

atʼééd (informal)
bił hinishnáanii (formal)
sheʼesdzáán (neutral)

Antonyms edit

shikąʼ