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Diné (Navajo) - English Dictionary:  S, Sh

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 ]


- S, Sh -

    Sound:  S as in sister – sis (belt).   Sh as in show – shoh (frost).

s3
old age
Shim1s1n7 ’47 s3 yaa niy3.  (My grandmother has reached old age.)
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saad Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
word, language
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saad bee’1l’7n7
alphabets
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s1anii Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
women, older women
S1anii d00 hast07 ch’iy11n b1’1j7l44hgo yaa’1h44h n7zin [eh.  (Women and men elders are thankful when one prepares meals/food for them.)
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s4d1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I'm sitting, I'm at home
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s47 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
sand
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s47tah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
among the sand
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s4l99’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I have become
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-sh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
(question marker)
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sh1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
for me, for my benefit
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sh2’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
how about, what about
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sh1 b77ghah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
all day long
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shaa Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
too me
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sh1di’11h Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
south
Sh1di’11hjigo ’atiin.  (The road is to the south.)
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shash Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
bear
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sha’shin Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
maybe, possibly
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she’aw44’
baby/child (my)
D77 she’aw44’ ’1t’4.  (This is my child.)
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she7t’3 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it was given to me
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sh7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I, me
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shi- Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
my
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sh9 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
summer
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shicheii
my maternal grandfather
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shidayi’ diniih
I have a sore throat
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shididoolnah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I'll contract it (a disease)
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shidiln44h Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I'm contracting it (a disease)
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shi’dizhch9 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I was born
W00zhch’99d yizi[ biyi’ shi’dizhch9.  (I was born in the month of March.)
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sh7d0’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
me too
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shidoh
my muscles(s)
Shidoh n7daasdoh.  (My muscles ae sore.)
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shidoolna’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I contracted it (a disease)
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shidoon11[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I'll be present
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shighan Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
my home, my hogan
Shighan hasht’ehash[44h.  (I am cleaning my home.)
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sh99 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
probably
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shiidoo]k11[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I'll spend the night
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sh98go Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
in summer
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shii[kaah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I'm spending the night
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sh77n11[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I was present
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shiisk3 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I spent the night
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shij44’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
they are lying down (animate objects)
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shijool Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is in position (non-compact material)
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sh7k1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
for me, after me
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sh7k1 ’an1lwo’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he helps me repeatedly
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sh7k1 ’an1lwod Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he helped me again
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sh7k1 doog11[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he'll come and get me
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sh7k1 ’eelwod Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he helped me
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sh7k1 n7y1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he came for me
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shikee’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
my shoes
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shik4k’ehg00 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
(say it) after me
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shik’is Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , sik’is Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
my sibling of the same sex, my friend of the same sex
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shik’is00 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , sik’is00 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
my sibling of the same sex, my friend of the same sex (plural)
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shi[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
with me, for me
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shi[ b44h0zin Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
with me there is knowledge of it
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shi[ nait[’ah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is difficult for me
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shi[’aa’
butt (my), buttocks (my), rear end (my), bottom end (my)
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shilah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
my sibling of the opposite sex
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shilak47 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
my sibling of the opposite sex (plural)
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shil99’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
my horse, livestock
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shil99’ ’1t’4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is my horse
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shi[n7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he says to me, he said to me
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shim1
my mother
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shin11hai
my age, my year, my number of winters
T’ah doo hast3diin shin1h1ah (shin11hai) da.  (I'm not yet sixty years old.)
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shinaanish
job (my), work (my)
Shinaanish b7neeshdl9.  (I enjoy my work.)
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shin1l7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
grandparents on my father's side, my father's parents, my paternal grandparents
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shin1l7 ’asdz33
grandmother on my father's side, my father's mom, my paternal grandmother
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shin1l7 hast88
grandfather on my father's side, my father's dad, my paternal grandfather
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shin4’4shto’
I have a runny nose
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shi’nii[h9 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is beginning to kill
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shitah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
throughout my body
Shitah honeezgai.  (I have a fever.)
Shitah doo hwiin1a da.  (I am/feel weak.)
Shitah honiigai biniinaa han1shy99h.  (I am resting because I am ill.)
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shitah doo hwiin1a da
I am/feel weak
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shitah honeezgai
I have a fever
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shits’77s
body (my)
Shits’77s baa 1h1shy3.  (I take care of my body.)
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shiy1zh7
child (my)
Shiy1zh7 sh7k1’anilyeed.  (Help my child.)
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sh7zh1nee’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I'm lucky!
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shoh
frost
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shoo Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
look!
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si’3 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is in position (a roundish or bulky object)
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sid1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he's sitting, he's at home
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sido Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it's hot (an object)
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siil
steam
{ee’shib44zh ’47 siil bee sit’4.  (Steamed corn is cooked with steam.)
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sik3 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is in position (in an open container)
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sikaad Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is in place (tree)
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sik’az Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is cool (an object)
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sik4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
they (two) are sitting, are at home
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sik’is Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , shik’is Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
my sibling of the same sex, my friend of the same sex
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sik’is00 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , shik’is00 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
my siblings of the same sex, my friends of the same sex (plural)
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sil1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is in position (a slender, flexible object)
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sil10
police officer
Shib7zh7 ’47 sil10 binaanish.  (My paternal aunt's job is police work.)
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sil99’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
is has become, they have become
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si[tsooz Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is in position (a thin, flexible object)
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sind1o Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
cent
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sinil Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
they are in position (plural separable objects)
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sis Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
belt
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Sis Naajinii Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Blanca Peak, Colorado (the eastern sacred mountain of the Navajo).   It was created in the Fourth World of Navajo mythology.
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sit9 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is lying down (an animate object)
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sit[44’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is in position (mushy, wet matter)
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siy9 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is in position (water, lake, pond)
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s-’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
star.   It was created in the Fourth World of Navajo mythology.
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so[t8’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
come on, let's go (plural)!
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