atsįʼ

See also: atsiʼ

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tsənʸ (“flesh, meat”). Cognate with Ket ис.

Noun

atsįʼ

1. meat, flesh

   sheʼatsįʼ ― my meat (animal meat that I possess)

   sitsįʼ ― my flesh (of my body)

Inflection

possessives of atsįʼ

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sitsįʼ	nihitsįʼ	danihitsįʼ
2nd person	nitsįʼ	nihitsįʼ	danihitsįʼ
3rd person	bitsįʼ
4th person (3o)	yitsįʼ
4th person (3a)	hatsįʼ
Indefinite (3i)	atsįʼ

type D possessives of atsįʼ

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sheʼatsįʼ	niheʼatsįʼ	daniheʼatsįʼ
2nd person	neʼatsįʼ	niheʼatsįʼ	daniheʼatsįʼ
3rd person	beʼatsįʼ
4th person (3o)	yeʼatsįʼ
4th person (3a)	hweʼatsįʼ
Indefinite (3i)	atsįʼ

Synonyms

• atsʼíís

Derived terms

• tsiih (“into the flesh”)