áłchíní

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Any relation to low-tone ałchin (“to be wild, to be feral”)? Given the high tone here, probably not, but then what's the derivation of ałchíní?”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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áłchíní

  1. children
    baʼáłchíní
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    — his/her children
    naʼáłchíní
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    — your children
    nihaʼáłchíní
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    — our children
    Náníbaaʼ baʼáłchíní dóó Hashké Naabaah baʼáłchíní óltaʼgóó deeskai.
    Nanibaa’s children and Hashke Naabaah’s children are going to school.
  2. family (wife and children)
    shaʼáłchíní
    (spoken by a male) my family; my wife and kids; (spoken by a female) my children
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Inflection

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possessives of áłchíní
singular duoplural plural
1st person shaʼáłchíní nihaʼáłchíní danihaʼáłchíní
2nd person naʼáłchíní nihaʼáłchíní danihaʼáłchíní
3rd person baʼáłchíní
4th person (3o) yaʼáłchíní
4th person (3a) hwaʼáłchíní

Derived terms

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