-jaa

-jaa

Jicarilla

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ǯəɣəʼ. Cognate with Navajo ajaaʼ and Western Apache jaa.

Noun

-jaa (third-person singular possessed form mijaa)

  1. ear

References

  • Phone, Wilhelmina; Olson, Maureen; Martinez, Matilda (2007), Axelrod, Melissa, Gómez de García, Lachler, Jordan, editors, Dictionary of Jicarilla Apache / Abáachi Mizaa Iłkeeʼ Siijai, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 290