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Diné (Navajo) - English Dictionary:  Ch, Ch’

English → Diné:   [ A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V • W • X • Y • Z ]
Diné → English:   [ A • B • Ch, Ch’ • D, Dl, Dz • E • G, Gh • H, Hw • I • J • K, K’, Kw • L, { • M • N • O • S, Sh • T, T’, Tl, Ts, Ts’ • W • X • Y • Z, Zh ]
[ Colors • Day and Night • Days of the Week • Human Body • Kinship • Months of the Year • Numbers • Time ]


- Ch, Ch’ -

    Sound:  Ch as in chicken – chizh (firewood).   Ch’ as in chug-a-lug – ch’ah (hat, cap, headgear).   There is an immediate stop after the ch for the glottal stop.

ch’aa Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
tour (on a), on a visit
Ch’aa naash1.  (I am traveling.)
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ch’aa ndaaka77g77 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
tourists
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ch22sht’ezhiitsoh
carrots
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ch22sht’ezhiitsoh bitoo’
carrot juice
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ch’ah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
hat, cap, headgear
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chaha’oh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
shadow, shade, summer shelter
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ch’a[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
frog
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ch1’o[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
pinon tree
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ch1shk’eh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
wash, arroyo
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ch’44h Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
in vain, futilely
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ch’44hjiy11n Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
watermelon(s)
Ch’44hjiy11n ’47 tsin bineest’2’ ’1t’4ego ’ay0o [ikan.  (Watermelon is a fruit that is very good to the taste.)
Ch’44hjiy11n ’47 ’ak’eego danit’99h.  (Watermelons ripen in the fall.)
Ch’44hjiy11n ’47 sh98go nanise’.  (Watermelons grow during the summer.)
Ch’44hjiy11n bik1g7 ’47 dit3.  (Watermelon rind is thick.)
Ch’44hjiy11n [a’ bik’==’ ’1daadin.  (Some watermelons are seedless.)
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cheii , dash7chei
maternal grandfather's clan
Hello my friend!   My name is Harrison Lapahie (Jr.).   I am Bit’ahnii, born for T1chii’nii.   My cheii is T0d7ch’7i’nii and my n1l7 is Ta’neeszahnii.
T0d7ch’7i’nii dash7chei d00 Ta’n44szahnii dash7n1[7.  (The Bitter Water Clan are my maternal grandfather's clan and The Badlands People are my paternal grandfather's clan.)
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ch4zhin Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , ts4zhin Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
lava rock
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chid7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
car
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chid7 ’aneil’ini
mechanic
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chid7 bikee’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
tire
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chid7 bitoo’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
gasoline
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chid7 naa’na’7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
tractor
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chid7 naat’a’7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
airplane
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chid7tsoh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
truck
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ch’il Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
grass, plant
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ch’il daad1n7g77 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , ch’il [eeyi’ ]dahadleeh7g77
vegetables, edible greens
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ch’il doot[’izh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , doot[’izh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , t1t[’idgo doot[’izh
green color
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ch’il [eeyi’ ]dahadleeh7g77 , ch’il daad1n7g77 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
vegetables, edible greens
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ch’il [ich7’7 , ch’il [ichx7’7
tomato(es)
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ch’il [ich7’7 bitoo’ , ch’il [ichx7’7 bitoo’
tomato juice
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ch’il [ichx7’7 , ch’il [ich7’7
tomato(es)
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ch’il [ichx7’7 bitoo’ , ch’il [ich7’7 bitoo’
tomato juice
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ch’il [iga77 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
lettuce, cabbage
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ch’il [itsoo7 , ch’il [itsxoo7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
orange fruit
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ch’il [itsoo7 bitoo’ , ch’il [itsxoo7 bitoo’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
orange juice
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ch’il [itsxoo7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , ch’il [itsoo7
orange fruit
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ch’il [itsxoo7 bitoo’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , ch’il [itsoo7 bitoo’
orange juice
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ch’il na’at[’0’7 , ch’il na’at[’o’ii
grape vine
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ch’il na’at[’0’7 bitoo’ , ch’il na’at[’o’ii bitoo’
grape juice, grape wine
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ch’il na’at[’o’ii , ch’il na’at[’0’7
grape vine
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ch’il na’at[’o’ii bitoo’ , ch’il na’at[’0’7 bitoo’
grape juice, grape wine
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ch’ilgo doot[’izh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
green color
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chin Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
dirt, filth
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Ch’7nl9 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Chinle, Arizona
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ch’iy11n Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
groceries, food
Ch’iy11n nahashniih.  (I am buying groceries/food.)
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ch’iy11n ’1l’9 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
kitchen
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ch’iy11n b1 hooghan
food store, grocery store
Ch’iy11n b1hooghandi ch’iy11n t’11 ’a[’22 bi[ nahaz’3.  (There are departments/areas for food in the grocery store.)
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ch’iy11n ’77[’7n7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
cook
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chizh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
firewood
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chizh ’ahizhdi[ne’
chopping wood
Chizh ’ahizhdi[ne’go bee hatsxe’ jileeh.  (Chopping wood makes the body strong.)
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choinish’9 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I utilize it
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Ch’0ol’9’7
Gobernador Knob
Gobernador Knob (Ch’0ol’9’7) is also known as Hard Goods Mountain (Nt[’iz Dzil or Nit[’iz Dzil).   It is the Sacred Mountain East of Center and was created in the Fourth World of Navajo mythology.
Ch’0ol’9’9 ’47 Nit[’iz Dzil ’1t’4.  (Gobernador Knob is Hard Goods Mountain.)
Ch’0ol’9’9 ’47 Nt[’iz Dzil ’1t’4.  (Gobernador Knob is Hard Goods Mountain.)
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ch’osh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
insect, bug
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choyoo[’9 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he utilizes it
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