Meanings
- A female given name from Chipewyan.
When Sahᾴí̜ʔᾳ was born, vital statistics told Catholique Valpy that the glottal stop is not part of the Roman alphabet. Sahᾴí̜ʔᾳ now has a younger sister, Náʔël Nóríya May Talbot, who also has a glottal stop in her name.
2019 March 1, “Mother lobbies MLAs to get Indigenous symbols recognized on birth certificates”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 13 Mar 20191 more example
Sahᾴí̜ʔᾳ May Talbot sits at the kitchen table and proudly draws the meaning of her and her little sister’s Náʔël’s name. Sahᾴí̜ʔᾳ translated from Chipewyan means “when the sun peaks through” while Náʔël’s is a word to “describe caribou crossing a river.”
2022 January 8, Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs, “Denesuline family challenges N.W.T. legislation to use traditional names”, in APTN National News, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2022
Cite this entry
Náʔël. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/N%C3%A1%CA%94%C3%ABl
“Náʔël.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/N%C3%A1%CA%94%C3%ABl. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Náʔël,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/N%C3%A1%CA%94%C3%ABl.
Source: Náʔël on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.