awooʼ

See also: awoo and awö

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɣuʔ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɑ̀wòːʔ/

Noun

awooʼ (prefixal form awó-)

1. teeth, tooth

   Biwooʼ ádinii ― one who is toothless

Inflection

Possessives of awooʼ

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shiwooʼ	nihiwooʼ	danihiwooʼ
2nd person	niwooʼ	nihiwooʼ	danihiwooʼ
3rd person	biwooʼ
4th person (3o)	yiwooʼ
4th person (3a)	hawooʼ
Indefinite (3i)	awooʼ

Derived terms

• awóchaan
• awóchiiʼ
• awógiizh
• awókʼiz (“between the teeth”)
• awooʼ bee yichʼiishí
• awooʼ bee yichʼiishí bikʼi nátłohí
• awooʼ bikʼą́ą́h
• awooʼ diniih
• awótʼah (“gap between the teeth”)
• awótsíín (“gum”)
• awótsįʼ
• naadą́ą́ʼ biwooʼ (“corn kernel”)