agąąstsiin

Etymology

From agaan (arm) + -s- (ligature) + atsiin (stem, stalk). Doublet of agaanstsiin.

Noun

agąąstsiin

  1. someone's shoulder blade, scapula

Inflection

Possessives of agąąstsiin
singular duoplural plural
1st person shigąąstsiin nihigąąstsiin danihigąąstsiin
2nd person nigąąstsiin nihigąąstsiin danihigąąstsiin
3rd person bigąąstsiin
4th person (3o) yigąąstsiin
4th person (3a) hagąąstsiin
Indefinite (3i) agąąstsiin

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 34.