chaaʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chaa"

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tshaʼ (“beaver”). Cognate with Hän tsà’, Sarcee tsxa, Chipewyan tsáá, Beaver chááʼ, Carrier tsaa, Sekani tsáʼ, Ahtna tsaʼ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʃʰaːʔ/

Noun

chaaʼ

  1. beaver
  2. tubby, huge, corpulent

Derived terms
  • chaalįįd (“castor”)
  • chaatʼíní (“dock, sorrel”)
  • cháłchaaʼ (“beetle”)
  • shichaaʼ (“I'm huge”)

References
  • Young, Robert, Morgan, William, Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 74
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