tsíłkę́ę́h

Navajo

Etymology

Compare Ahtna ciił (“boy”) and Tanacross tsiil gaay (“young boy”). Related to atsilí (“younger brother”).

Noun

tsíłkę́ę́h (possessed form bitsíłkęʼ, plural tsíłkéí, tsíłkéyóó)

1. kid, young man, young boy, adolescent, teenager (aged 13 to 30)
2. (in the possessive) someone's kid, young son

   shidáʼí bitsíłkęʼ ― my uncle's young son, my cousin

Inflection

possessives of tsíłkę́ę́h

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sitsíłkęʼ	nihitsíłkęʼ	danihitsíłkęʼ
2nd person	nitsíłkęʼ	nihitsíłkęʼ	danihitsíłkęʼ
3rd person	bitsíłkęʼ
4th person (3o)	yitsíłkęʼ
4th person (3a)	hatsíłkęʼ
Indefinite (3i)	atsíłkęʼ

Synonyms

• ashkii
• biyeʼ
• biyáázh

Antonyms

• chʼikę́ę́h