shiʼáád

Navajo

Noun

shiʼáád

(term of address, endearing) woman, girl

Usage notes

Term used in affectionate teasing, especially in the bedroom. If the relationship is not intimate enough, then this term would be taken as disrespectful and insulting.

Inflection

possessives of shiʼáád

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shiʼáád	nihiʼáád	danihiʼáád
2nd person	niʼáád	nihiʼáád	danihiʼáád
3rd person	biʼáád
4th person (3o)	yiʼáád
4th person (3a)	haʼáád
Indefinite (3i)	aʼáád

Synonyms

atʼééd (informal)
bił hinishnáanii (formal)
sheʼesdzáán (neutral)

Antonyms

shikąʼ

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