ajaaʼ

See also: ajaa

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ǯəɣəʼ and therefore cognate with Ahtna -dzagheʼ, Jicarilla miijaa. Has also been compared to Ket огдэ (ogde).

Noun

ajaaʼ

1. (anatomy) ear (external)

Inflection

Possessives of ajaaʼ

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shijaaʼ	nihijaaʼ	danihijaaʼ
2nd person	nijaaʼ	nihijaaʼ	danihijaaʼ
3rd person	bijaaʼ
4th person (3o)	yijaaʼ
4th person (3a)	hajaaʼ
Indefinite (3i)	ajaaʼ

Derived terms

• dzaanééz (“donkey, mule”)
• jaaʼabaní
• jaaʼniłtsʼílí
• jaachʼį́į́d (“stubby-eared”)

Related terms

• ajaayiʼ (“inner ear”)
• jeeh (“into the ear”)