What is the Navajo word for grandfather?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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"

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

ina it is pronounced ee-nah this is also the word for aunt (by blood or marraige)

Answer 7

Shimá is my mom

Nimá is your mom

Amá is a mother in general

Bimá is hiśher mom

Nihimá is our mom