akʼéí

Navajo

Etymology

a- (indefinite possessive pronoun, someone's) + kʼé (“peace, friendship”) + -í (nominalizer)

Pronunciation

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Noun

akʼéí (plural akʼéíyóó)

1. kin, kinsman, kinfolk, relatives (by blood or by the maternal or paternal clan lines)

   Yáʼátʼééh shikʼéí dóó shidineʼé

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   — Greetings to my kin and to my people. (formal but intimate expression for greeting a large group at the start of a speech)

Inflection

Possessives of akʼéí

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shikʼéí	nihikʼéí	danihikʼéí
2nd person	nikʼéí	nihikʼéí	danihikʼéí
3rd person	bikʼéí
4th person (3o)	yikʼéí
4th person (3a)	hakʼéí
Indefinite (3i)	akʼéí