adaʼ

Noun

adaʼ

  1. sister's children (nephews, nieces)
  2. father's sister's son's daughter's children
  3. paternal grandfather's sister's daughter's children (cousins)
  4. maternal aunt's daughter's children

Inflection

Possessives of adaʼ
singular duoplural plural
1st person shidaʼ nihidaʼ danihidaʼ
2nd person nidaʼ nihidaʼ danihidaʼ
3rd person bidaʼ
4th person (3o) yidaʼ
4th person (3a) hadaʼ
Indefinite (3i) adaʼ

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 118