shilah

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Navajo[edit]

FWOTD – 26 January 2019

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (NV)(file)

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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

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