awótsíín

Etymology

awooʼ (tooth) +‎ atsíín (base)

Noun

awótsíín

  1. gum (of the teeth)

Inflection

Possessives of awótsíín
singular duoplural plural
1st person siwótsíín nihiwótsíín danihiwótsíín
2nd person niwótsíín nihiwótsíín danihiwótsíín
3rd person biwótsíín
4th person (3o) yiwótsíín
4th person (3a) hawótsíín
Indefinite (3i) awótsíín

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 137.