azééʼ

See also: azeeʼ

Navajo

Etymology

Cognate with Ket qō.

Noun

azééʼ (compound form zá-, -zaa-, -zé-)

1. mouth
2. throat, neck
3. (dated) death

Inflection

possessives of azééʼ

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sizééʼ	nihizééʼ	danihizééʼ
2nd person	nizééʼ	nihizééʼ	danihizééʼ
3rd person	bizééʼ
4th person (3o)	yizééʼ
4th person (3a)	hazééʼ
Indefinite (3i)	azééʼ

Derived terms

• azábąąh (“lips”)
• azahdił (“blood from the mouth”)
• zahalchíʼii