áchį́į́h

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-nə-čįxʸ (“nose”). Cognate with Ahtna -ntsiis, Koyukon -əntsəyh, Gwich'in -antsį́h, Carrier -nintsis, Tsuut'ina -́tsíh.

Related to the root -CHĄ́Ą́ʼ (“to smell”).

Noun

áchį́į́h

1. nose
2. snout

Inflection

Possessives of áchį́į́h

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shíchį́į́h	nihíchį́į́h	danihíchį́į́h
2nd person	níchį́į́h	nihíchį́į́h	danihíchį́į́h
3rd person	bíchį́į́h
4th person (3o)	yíchį́į́h
4th person (3a)	háchį́į́h
Indefinite (3i)	áchį́į́h

Derived terms

• áchį́į́hlátah (“tip of the nose”)
• áchį́į́stah (“nostril”)
• áchį́į́stsʼiin (“bone of the nose”)
• áchį́į́shnííʼ (“nasal septum”)
• bíchį́į́h yee adilohii (“elephant”)
• chį́į́shchʼį́į́d (“noseless”)
• łóóʼ bíchį́į́h nineezí (“swordfish”)
• mágí bíchį́į́h dootłʼizhígíí (“mandrill”)