atéél

Navajo

Etymology

From the root -TEEL (“to be wide, broad”).

Noun

atéél

1. (anatomy) belly, abdomen
2. the front of the body

Usage notes

• Appears as tél- in compounds.

Inflection

Possessives of atéél

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shitéél	nihitéél	danihitéél
2nd person	nitéél	nihitéél	danihitéél
3rd person	bitéél
4th person (3o)	yitéél
4th person (3a)	hatéél
Indefinite (3i)	atéél

Derived terms

• atéél siłtsoozí (“apron”)
• téliichogii (“jackass”)

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 130.