ayidtsʼin

Etymology

Compound of ayid (“chest”) +‎ atsʼin (“bone”).

Noun

ayidtsʼin

  1. (anatomy) sternum, breast bone

Inflection

Possessives of ayidtsʼin
singular duoplural plural
1st person siyidtsʼin nihiyidtsʼin danihiyidtsʼin
2nd person niyidtsʼin nihiyidtsʼin danihiyidtsʼin
3rd person biyidtsʼin
4th person (3o) yiyidtsʼin
4th person (3a) hayidtsʼin
Indefinite (3i) ayidtsʼin

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 139.
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