shilah

See also: Shilah

Navajo

FWOTD – 26 January 2019

Pronunciation

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Noun

shilah

1. my older brother, my older sister (of the opposite gender)
2. my older maternal cousin (of the opposite gender)
3. A respectful greeting for anyone of the opposite gender and similar age.

Inflection

possessives of shilah

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shilah	nihilah	danihilah
2nd person	nilah	nihilah	danihilah
3rd person	bilah
4th person (3o)	yilah
4th person (3a)	halah
Indefinite (3i)	alah

See also

• sikʼis

References

Robert W. Young and William Morgan (1987). The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary. University of New Mexico Press. →ISBN