atʼééd

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tʼeˑd(ə).[1] Compare Tanacross tʼêd (“adolescent girl”), Western Apache at’eedn, Lower Tanana yet'ada, Ahtna tʼaede.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɑ̀tʼéːt/

Noun

atʼééd (plural atʼééké)

  1. girl
    atʼééd éí nizhóní ― the girl is pretty
  2. maiden
  3. girlfriend, sweetheart

Inflection

Secondary possessives of atʼééd
singular duoplural plural
1st person sheʼatʼééd niheʼatʼééd daniheʼatʼééd
2nd person neʼatʼééd niheʼatʼééd daniheʼatʼééd
3rd person beʼatʼééd
4th person (3o) yeʼatʼééd
4th person (3a) hweʼatʼééd
Indefinite (3i) aʼatʼééd

Synonyms

Antonyms

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 11
  1. ^ Sharon Hargus; Keren Rice (2005), Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 216
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