awooʼ

Navajo

Noun

awooʼ (compound form -wó-, possessed form -wooʼ, 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

Derived terms

• awóchiiʼ (“gums of the teeth”)
• awótsįʼ
• awótʼah (“interior of the lip”)
• awógiizh (“space between teeth”)
• awóchaan (“tartar”)
• awooʼ bee yichʼiishí (“toothbrush”)
• awooʼ bee yichʼiishí bikʼi nátłohí (“toothpaste”)
• awooʼ diniih (“toothache”)