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This is one of a category of words that in Navajo can only be in the possessive. e.g my mother, your mother, his mother etc....
So "my mother": shimá
your mother: nimá
his. her/it's mother: bimá
someone's mother: amá
4thperson(one's mother); hamá
our mother: nihimá
and many more....
The mark over the a make the second syllable high tone (not accent or stress). Tone changes meaning in Navajo.
Amá -- someone's mother
The above is the generic reference for somebodies mother; however, relative reference is as follows:
Shimá - my mother
Bimá - his or her or it's , thier mother
Nimá - your mother
nihimá -- our or their mother
hamá - 4th person or one's mother (polite address -- 'adzoodzą́ saad )
yimá -the third person direct object of a verb mother
ałmá --mutual (clan) mothers
danihimá -the mother's of each of you
and so on...
NOTE: there is NO word for just "mother" . Grammatically it is one of a class of words, especially kinship words, that can only exist in the possessive.
2nd Note: the mark over the "a" makes it high tone. Navajo is tonal so changing the tone can change meaning, sometimes as drastically as changing the vowel would in a short English word.
Shicheii for my maternal grandpa.
Shinalí for my paternal grandpa.
For a better translation, I need to know if you want Your, my, his/her, thier, A grandpa. It's a verb heavy language.
Shimá dóó shizhé'é -- is "my mother and my father"
ashchíinii---- is "someones parents"
bishchíinii ----is "his/her/it's parents"
nishchíinii --- your parents
shishchíinii--- my parents
hashchíinii -- fourth person, sort of like a polite "one's parents"
nihimá is our mother in Navajo.
Shimá--my mother, nimá --your mother, bimá-- his/her/it's mother.
The mark over the a is a high tone mark not a stress. Navajo is a tonal language and changing tone can change a word as much as changing a vowel.
ina it is pronounced ee-nah this is also the word for aunt (by blood or marraige)
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What does cheii mean in Navajo?
Maternal grandfather. But to be correct in Navajo it cannot stand alone like this. It is a type of word that can only occur grammatically in the possessive. So, properly : shicheii - my maternal grandfather. nicheii - your m. grandfather acheii- someones bicheii- his/her/it's and so on. Sometimes Navajo English slang it is used not in the possessive and can just refer to an older man.
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What does cheii mean in Navajo?
Maternal grandfather. But to be correct in Navajo it cannot stand alone like this. It is a type of word that can only occur grammatically in the possessive. So, properly : shicheii - my maternal grandfather. nicheii - your m. grandfather acheii- someones bicheii- his/her/it's and so on. Sometimes Navajo English slang it is used not in the possessive and can just refer to an older man.
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