shash

Proto-Athabaskan *xʸɨshʷ (“bear”). Compare Ahtna sos.


gah

Cognate with Tsuut'ina nitłʼadigha, Chipewyan gah, Beaver gaah, Carrier goh, Sekani gah, Ahtna ggax, Tlingit g̱áx̱ and South Slavey gah.


łóóʼ

shíłóóʼ (first-person singular)
nihíłóóʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihíłóóʼ (first-person plural)
níłóóʼ (second-person singular)
nihíłóóʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihíłóóʼ (plural second-person)
bíłóóʼ (third-person)
yíłóóʼ (fourth-person)
háłóóʼ (fourth-person)
áłóóʼ (indefinite)

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɬuˑqʼeˑ (“fish, salmon”), from Proto-Athabaskan *ɬu̓χ (“fish, Alaskan whitefish”). Compare Ahtna łukʼae, South Slavey łue, Chipewyan łue, Beaver lhuuge, Kaska łūge, Gwich'in łuk, Southern Carrier lhook, Southern Tutchone łu, Sekani lhoowe, Tahltan łuwe, Chilcotin lhuy, Hän łuk, Hupa ło:q', Tolowa lhuk as well as .

der

Brill Publishers
nv:Łóóʼ (Ałtsʼáʼáztiin)


chʼał

From Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼəx̣tɬʼ (“frog”).


bįįh

Bįįh há nideilzheeh.


yaaʼ

biyaʼ (possessed-form)
shiyaʼ (first-person singular)
nihiyaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihiyaʼ (first-person plural)
niyaʼ (second-person singular)
nihiyaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihiyaʼ (plural second-person)
biyaʼ (third-person)
yiyaʼ (fourth-person)
hayaʼ (fourth-person)
ayaʼ (indefinite)


aniłtʼánii

lacewing (Neuroptera, net-winged insects)


atsá

From -tsá (noun stem meaning grasp with teeth or beak), from the root -TSAʼ (“to grasp with teeth”), from Proto-Athabaskan *tsαɢ, from Pre-Proto-Athabaskan *tsəɢ (“act with teeth by biting”); compare the verb yiyiitsah (“he grasps it with teeth or beak”).


jaaʼabaní

/tʃàːʔàpàní/


mąʼii

Tłʼéédą́ą́ʼ mąʼii łą́ągo daacha ńtʼééʼ

last night, there were many coyotes howling.


naʼashjéʼii

Literally, the one that spreads something sticky around. From the same root as yijeeh (“he smears it with a sticky substance”) + -ii (nominalizer)


tłʼiish

From Proto-Athabaskan *tł’əɣəš (“eel, snake”). Cognate with Ahtna tlʼaghes (“eel”), Tlingit tłʼikʼʷx (“worm, snake”), possibly cognate with Ket тиг, тих (tìɣ).
See also the root -TŁʼIIZH (“to wriggle, to be serpentine”).


tsin yiłkaałii

tsin deiłkaałii (plural)
tsįįłkaałii (alternative)

tsin (“tree”) + yiłkaał (“he chips it/chops it”) + -ii (nominalizer)


chaaʼ

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


jááłánii

From bijáád (“his legs”) + łą́ (“many”) + -ii (nominalizer).


kááʼtsʼiní

bikááʼ (“on its surface”) + tsʼin (“bone”) + -í (nominalizer)


chʼagii

red-winged blackbird
red-winged blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus
Agelaius phoeniceus#Translingual

red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)


łį́į́ʼ

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łéʼé-, łéé-, łį́į́ʼ-

łį́į́ʼ (compound łéʼé-, łéé-, łį́į́ʼ-, possessed form bilį́į́ʼ)

łéʼé- (compound)
łéé- (compound)
łį́į́ʼ- (compound)
bilį́į́ʼ (possessed-form)
shilį́į́ʼ (first-person singular)
nihilį́į́ʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihilį́į́ʼ (first-person plural)
nilį́į́ʼ (second-person singular)
nihilį́į́ʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihilį́į́ʼ (plural second-person)
bilį́į́ʼ (third-person)
yilį́į́ʼ (fourth-person)
halį́į́ʼ (fourth-person)
alį́į́ʼ (indefinite)

Of the extant senses, “pet” is oldest; the original meaning, retained in Athabaskan cognates, was “dog”. Upon the reintroduction of the horse to North America, the Navajo language transferred the usage of łį́į́ʼ to the horse (which became the new favored "pet" in Navajo culture), with the dog being referred to by a derived term, łééchąąʼí (literally “shit pet”), i.e. pet which eats excrement. Compare Dogrib tłı̨ (“dog”).

tóshjeeh binaago łį́į́ʼ náádadiilwoʼígíí


dahiitį́hii

dah (“up at an elevation”) + yiitį́į́h (“to hang poised in the air”) + -ii (nominalizer). Compare Western Apache dahtiyé


chʼééh digháhii

chʼééh (“in vain”) + dighááh (“it starts to go along slowly”) + -ii (nominalizer)


tééh łį́į́ʼ

tééh (“water”) + łį́į́ʼ (“horse”) (a mythological animal).

nv:tééh łį́į́ʼ


téél halchíʼí

bitéél (“its front”) + halchííʼ (“an area is red”) (from ha- (“deictic pronoun denoting area”) + łichííʼ (“red”)) + -í (nominalizer)


tiníléítsoh

From tiníléí (“Gila monster”) + -tsoh (“big”).


náshdóítsoh

/nɑ́ʃtóɪ́t͡sʰòx/


naayééʼ

Literally “enemy terror”.
Compound of anaaʼ (“war, enemy”, incorporated noun) + yééʼ (“terror, fear”).


gólízhii

The first syllable, gó, is of unclear origin and meaning. The remainder is thought to be from łizh (“urine”) + -ii (nominalizer)


łééchąąʼí

bilééchąąʼí (possessed-form)
shilééchąąʼí (first-person singular)
nihilééchąąʼí (duoplural first-person)
danihilééchąąʼí (first-person plural)
nilééchąąʼí (second-person singular)
nihilééchąąʼí (duoplural second-person)
danihilééchąąʼí (plural second-person)
bilééchąąʼí (third-person)
yilééchąąʼí (fourth-person)
halééchąąʼí (fourth-person)
alééchąąʼí (indefinite)

/ɬéːt͡ʃʰɑ̃̀ːʔɪ́/

From łį́į́ʼ (“pet”) + chąąʼ (“shit”) + -í (nominalizer); literally, "shit pet" (pet that eats excrement). Replaced the old simplex łį́į́ʼ, which shifted meaning to "horse" following the reintroduction of the horse to North America, which led to the horse replacing the dog as the most favored "pet." Compare Chipewyan łį, Tsuut'ina tłíchʼà, Ahtna łicʼae.

nv:łééchąąʼí

Nahatʼeʼiitsoh Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ łééchąąʼí ałchiní


táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ

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táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ

táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ

táłtłʼááh (“the bottom of the water”) + łį́į́ʼ (“horse”)

nv:táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ


naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ

naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ

naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ

naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí


łóóʼ hashkéhé

łóóʼ hashkéhé

łóóʼ hashkéhé

From łóóʼ (“fish”) + hashké (“angry”) + -é (nominalizer).


naʼashǫ́ʼii

Literally, the one that moves its tail here and there. Apparently from neishood (“he drags it [the tail] here and there”) + -ii (nominalizer)


déélgééd

Derivation unclear. Possibly from adeeʼ (“horn”, incorporated noun) + l- (classifier) + -gééd (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -GEED, “to stick, jab”).

nowrap

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-gééd</i>

nowrap

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-GEED</i>


łéʼétsoh

From łeeʼ (“in the ground”) + -tsoh (“big”).


naadoobooʼíinii

naa- (“enemy”) + doo (“not”) + booʼį́ (“sees him”) + -n- (ligature) + -ii (nominalizer)


adijiłii

From adijił (“to be prickly”) + -ii (nominalizing suffix).


dahsání

dah (“at an elevation, as in a tree”) + sání (“old one”)


tééhoołtsódii

tééh (“deep water”) + hoołtsóód (“it grabs things”) + -ii (nominalizer)

(mythology) a monster that lived in the water and that would grab and drag its victims into the water


nahatʼeʼiitsoh

/nàhàtʼɛ̀ʔìːt͡sʰòh/

From nahatʼeʼii (“kangaroo rat”, from nahashtʼéʼ (“to hop around”)) + -tsoh (“big”).

af

from <i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">nahashtʼéʼ</i> (“to hop around”)


nahatʼeʼii

/nàhàtʼɛ̀ʔìː/

From nahatʼéʼ (“it hops around”) + -ii (nominalizer).


tązhii

From the root -TĄZH (“to peck with a beak”).

Tązhii bitsįʼ náʼáshdį́įhgo bił nánísdziih.


ghą́ą́ʼaskʼidii

bíígháán (“his back”) + dah yiskʼid (“mound”) + -ii (“nominalizer”)


naʼatsʼǫǫsí

/nɑʔɑtsʔõõsí/

naʼatsʼǫǫs (“it goes about sucking against a surface”) + -í (nominalizer)

naʼastsʼǫǫsí

some will say this is a mispronunciation


mąʼii łitsooí

mąʼiiłtsooí (alternative)
mąʼiiłtsxooí (alternative)


mágí diʼilí

From mágí (“monkey”) + diʼil (“it is hair”) + -í (nominalizer)


nahachagii

. Cognate with Western Apache naʼishchagi


gáagii

onomatopoeia + -ii (nominalizer). Compare Ahtna ggaaggi (“bird”).


tániilʼáí

“those that swarm out over the water”: táni- (prefix, over the water) + -lʼá (neuter stem, a plurality extends), from l- (classifier) + -ʼa (stem, it extends), plus -í (nominalizer)


naalʼeełí

/nɑ̀ːlʔèːɬɪ́/

From naalʼeeł (“it droops about”) + -í (nominalizer). Literally, the one that droops about.


táłkááʼ tsʼin

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táłkááʼ tsʼin

táłkááʼ tsʼin

táłkááʼ (“on the surface of the water”) + tsʼin (“bone”)


bíchį́į́h yee adilohii

bíchį́į́h yee adilohii (plural bíchį́į́h yee daʼdilohii)

bi- (“its”) + áchį́į́h (“nose”) + yee (“by means of it”) + adiloh (“it is a roper”, from -LOʼ) + -ii (nominalizer)


tłʼízí

Unknown. possibly -tłʼiz (from the root -TŁʼIS [to harden.]) + -í


tábąąstíín

/tʰɑ́pɑ̃̀ːstíːn/

From tábąąh (“shore”) + sitį́ (“he lies”) + -n- (ligature) + -í (nominalizer).


náshdóítsoh bitsiijįʼ daditłʼooígíí

From náshdóítsoh (“cougar; puma”) (this being from náshdóí (“wildcat”) + -tsoh (“big”)) + bitsiiʼ (“his head”) + -jįʼ (“up to”) + da- (plural marker) + ditłʼo (“it is hairy”) + -ígíí (nominalizer).
Thus "hairy-headed puma"


dlǫ́ǫ́ʼ

Probably related to -dlóósh (“of a quadruped, to move on all fours”, stem). Compare Ahtna dluuni (“mouse”).


hazéítsʼósii

hazéí (“squirrel”) + -tsʼósí (“slender”) + -ii (“nominalizer”)


chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolkʼoolígíí

chʼosh (“bug”) + bitsʼaʼ (“its shell”) + doolkʼool (“it is undulating”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


ayání

Unknown, possibly from ayą́ (“eat”) + -n- (“ligature”) + -í (nominalizer)


chʼosh bíláshgaantsohí

From chʼosh (“bug”) + bíláshgaan (“its fingernails”) + -tsoh (“big”) + -í (nominalizer).


doolghas

di- (adjectival) + -oo- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -ghas (neuter perfective stem of root -GHAZ, “to scratch”).

nowrap

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-ghas</i>

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-GHAZ</i>


tééh hóyáanii

tééh (“deep water”) + hóyą́ (“he/she/it is intelligent”) + -ii (“nominalizer”)


bílaʼashdlaʼii

bílaʼ (“his fingers”) + ashdlaʼ (“five”) + -ii (nominalizer). Literally "the five-fingered one".


chʼosh bikǫʼí

From chʼosh (“bug”) + bi- (“its”) + kǫʼ (“fire”) + -í (nominalizer).


tsʼíʼii

From Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼiˑxʸ. Cognates include South Slavey tth’ih.


naaldeehii

naaldeeh (“they live, they exist”) + -ii (nominalizer)

living thing, animal life, animals, wildlife (excluding plants)


naʼniłkaadí

naʼniłkaad (“he herds”) + -í (nominalizer)


chʼosh bikágí ntłʼizí

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chʼosh bikágí ntłʼizí (plural chʼosh bikágí dantłʼizí)

chʼosh (“bug”) + bikágí (“its hide”) + ntłʼiz (“it is inflexible”) + -í (nominalizer)


naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh

From naʼashǫ́ʼii (“lizard”) + -tsoh (“big”).


tsídii yáłtiʼí

tsídii (“bird”) + yáłtiʼ (“he talks”) + -í (nominalizer)


wóláchííʼ

Myrmica rubra
Myrmica rubra#Translingual


Naakaii náásééł

From naakaii (“Mexicans”) + náásééł (“are coming as a mob”). They say that if you ask a mantis, "háádę́ę́ʼ Naakaii náásééł?" (which direction are the Mexicans coming from?), the mantis will point in the correct direction. It will not move if asked any other question.


zéédzísgaii

zéé- (“throat”) + dzí- (“streak that stretches away into the distance”) + -s- (ligature) + łigai (“white”) + -ii (nominalizer)


łeeyiʼ chʼosh

łeeyiʼ (“in the soil”) + chʼosh (“worm”)


chʼosh bijáád hastání

From chʼosh (“bug”) + bijáád (“his legs”) + hastą́ą́ (“six”) + -n- (ligature) + -í (nominalizer).


bizaʼazis hólónígíí

/pɪzɑʔɑzɪs xólónɪ́kɪ́ɪ́/

bizaʼazis (“his pocket”), from azaʼazis (“pocket”) + hólónígíí (“that which exists”), from hólǫ́ (“there is, there are”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


iichʼąhii

iichʼąh (“fall into fire”) + -ii (nominalizer): "fire-faller".


jáád łánii

From jáád (“leg”) + łą́ (“many”) + -ii (nominalizer).


naaldlooshii dadichʼízhii

naaldloosh (“it is trotting about”, from -DLOOZH, “to go on all four”) + -ii (nominalizer) + da- (plural prefix) + dichʼíízh (“rough, scaly”, from -CHʼIIZH, “to abrade”) + -ii (nominalizer)


bisóodi ałchiní

bisóodi (“pig”) + ałchin (“wild”) + -í (nominalizer)


atseełtsoii

atseeʼ (“tail”) + łitso (“it is yellow”) + -ii (nominalizer)


neeshchʼííʼ biyaʼ

From neeshchʼííʼ (“pine nut”) + biyaʼ (“its louse/mite/tick”)


jádídlǫ́ʼii

/t͡ʃɑ́.tɪ́.t͡lṍ.ʔìː/


chʼosh ditłʼooí

chʼosh (“bug, worm”) + ditłʼo (“it is hairy, hirsute”) + -í (nominalizer)


wódítłʼooí

wó- (“insect, bug”) + ditłʼo (“it is hairy, hirsute”) + -í (nominalizer)


náshdóí

Compare Ahtna niduuyi (“lynx”), Hän nichuʼ, Tahltan nasdā, Chilcotin nundi, Gwich'in ninjii, Beaver nǫdaa.


naaldlooshii

/nɑːld͡ɮoːʃiː/

From naaldloosh (“it is trotting about”) + -ii (nominalizer).


chʼał dichʼízhí

chʼał (“frog”) + dichʼíízh (“it is rough, it has a rough surface”).


táłtłʼááh chʼosh daadánígíí

Literally “it eats at the bottom of the water.”


łóóʼ bitsʼaʼ dahólónígíí

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łóóʼ bitsʼaʼ dahólónígíí

łóóʼ bitsʼaʼ dahólónígíí

łóóʼ (“fish”) + bitsʼaʼ (“its shell”) + dahólónígíí (“the ones where it exists”), from da- (pluralizer) + hólǫ́ (“there is”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


béégashii

From Spanish vacas (“cows”), from Latin vacca. Compare Pipil wakash and Classical Nahuatl huācax.


béégashii yáázh

béégashii (“cow, cattle”) + yáázh (“small, young”)


jádí

Either from jáád (“leg”) + -í (nominalizer), with shortening of the first vowel, or from dijáád (“it is fleet”) + -í.

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">jáád</i>


nahachagii biyázhí

nahachaʼ (“to hop with the feet together”) + -ii (nominalizer) + bi- (“its”) + yáázh (“young”) + -í (nominalizer)


tsísʼnáłtsooítsoh

Compound of tsísʼnáłtsooí (“yellowjacket”) + -tsoh (“big”).


tsísʼnáłtsooí

Compound of tsísʼná (“bee”) + łitso (“it is yellow”) + -í (“nominalizer”)


zhį́ʼii

From łizhin (“it is black”) + -ii (nominalizer), literally “the black one”.


dééł

Cognate with Tsuut'ina dáł, Chipewyan deeł, Carrier deł, Sekani deeł, Ahtna daeł.


naaʼahóóhai

agricultural show (at a tribal, county, or state fair)


náshdóítsoh bitsiijįʼ diʼilígíí

From náshdóí (“wildcat”) + -tsoh (“big”) + bitsiiʼ (“his head”) + -jįʼ (“up to”) + diʼil (“it is hairy”) + -ígíí (“pos=nominalizer”).


wóláchííʼ yildeełí

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wóláchííʼ yildeełí (plural wóláchííʼ deildeełí)

wóláchííʼ deildeełí (plural)
wáláchííʼ yildeełí (alternative)


tsísʼnátsoh

Compound of tsísʼná (“bee”) + -tsoh (“big”).


naʼazísí

/nɑ̀ʔɑ̀zɪ́sɪ́/

From naʼazís (“he makes pockets here and there”) (see azaʼazis (“pocket”)) + -í (nominalizer).


ǫǫbǫʼii

Onomatopoeic + -ii (nominalizing suffix).


tsídiiłbáhí

tsídii (“bird”) + łibá (“gray”) + -í (nominalizer)


joogii

Cyanocitta cristata: the blue jay, a type of jaybird


giníłbáhí

giní (“hawk”) + łibá (“gray”) + -í (nominalizer)

af

Astur gentilis
Astur gentilis#Translingual


biizhii

onomatopoeia + -ii (nominalizing suffix)


niłchiis

/nɪ̀ɬt͡ʃʰìːs/


dóliiłchííʼ

onomatopoeia + -ii (nominalizing suffix) + łichííʼ (“red”)


dlǫ́ʼii

From an unclear first element dlǫ́ + -ii (nominalizer)

nv:Dlǫ́ʼii (bílaʼashdlaʼii bilį́į́ʼ)
nv:dlǫ́ʼii

Mustela putorius furo
Mustela putorius furo#Translingual


náhookǫsdę́ę́ʼ dlǫ́ʼii

náhookǫs (“north”) + -dę́ę́ʼ (“from”) + dlǫ́ʼii (“weasel”)

Martes americana
Martes americana#Translingual


dlǫ́ʼiiłgaii

dlǫ́ʼii (“weasel”) + łigai (“white”) + -ii (“nominalizer”)

Mustela erminea
Mustela erminea#Translingual


dzééh

Dzééh łą́ągo naakai. Łaʼ éí bideeʼ áníłnééz

A lot of elk are roaming. One had really long antlers.

Áádóó dzééh bitsįʼ yiʼkánígíí naakigo nááséłtʼé

And then I grilled a couple more elk burgers.

Cervus canadensis
Cervus canadensis#Translingual


łóóʼ bigaan dahólónígíí

łóóʼ (“fish”) + bi- (“its”) + agaan (“arm”) + da- (plural marker) + hólǫ́ (“it has”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)Literally, “fish that has multiple arms”.


jádítsoh

/t͡ʃɑ́.tɪ́.t͡sʰòx/


łéʼéyázhí

shiléʼéyázhí (first-person singular)
nihiléʼéyázhí (duoplural first-person)
danihiléʼéyázhí (first-person plural)
niléʼéyázhí (second-person singular)
nihiléʼéyázhí (duoplural second-person)
danihiléʼéyázhí (plural second-person)
biléʼéyázhí (third-person)
yiléʼéyázhí (fourth-person)
haléʼéyázhí (fourth-person)
aléʼéyázhí (indefinite)

Compound of łį́į́ʼ (“horse”) + yáázh (“little”) + -í (nominalizer)


łééchąąłgaii

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łééchąąłgaii

łééchąąʼí (“dog”) + łigai (“white”) + -ii (nominalizing suffix)


táłkááʼ dilwoʼí

táłkááʼ dilwoʼí (plural táłkááʼ dadilwoʼí)

táłkááʼ (“on the surface of the water”) + dilwoʼ (“he is a fast runner”) + -í (nominalizer)


táłtłʼááh chʼosh

From táłtłʼááh (“bottom of the water”) + chʼosh (“bug, insect”)


táłkááʼ naalzheehí

táłkááʼ (“on the water”) + naalzheeh (“it hunts”) + -í (nominalizer)


naʼashjéʼii bitłʼóól

From naʼashjéʼii (“spider”) + bitłʼóól (“its thread”).


naaldeehii daʼalghałígíí

naaldeehii (“animals”) + daʼalghał (“they eat (meat)”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)

Carnivore, as a classification of a group of animals.


dilzhę́ʼii

Cyanocitta stelleri: the Steller's jay, a type of jaybird


tsʼání

Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus: the pinyon jay, a type of jaybird


tsʼánídílzhiʼí

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tsʼání (“pinyon jay”) + Dilzhíʼí (“Yavapai”)

Aphelocoma californica: the western scrub jay, a type of jaybird


tsétah tłʼízí

tsé (“rocks”) + -tah (“among”) + tłʼízí (“goat”)


naaʼahóóhaiłbáhí

naaʼahóóhai (“chicken”) + łibá (“gray”) + -í (nominalizer)

Perdicinae (pheasants, partridges, francolins)


jádítsoh bideeʼ shiyishígíí

From jádítsoh (“kudu”) + bideeʼ (“its horn”) + shiyish (“it is curved”) + -ígíí (nominalizer).


dáánézí

nv:Dáánézí (łóóʼ)


tłʼiishtsiiʼí

northern snakehead (Channa argus, in family Channidae)


jádí binááʼ dį́įʼii

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jádí binááʼ dį́įʼii

jádí binááʼ dį́įʼii


yáhashjool

/jɑ́hɑ̀ʃt͡ʃòːl/


chéłchaaʼtsoh

From chéłchaaʼ (“beetle”) + -tsoh (“big”)


atʼaʼ yiltʼąąʼí yąąh dah sidáhígíí

nv:atʼaʼ yiltʼąąʼí yąąh dah sidáhígíí (chʼosh ntsxaaígíí)


tábąąsdísíłbáí

tábąąsdísíłbáí


zahalchíʼii

Compound of azééʼ (“mouth”) + halchííʼ (“the area is red”) + -ii (nominalizer).


táłtłʼááh naatʼáʼii

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táłtłʼááh naatʼáʼii

táłtłʼááh naatʼáʼii


tiníléítsoh naʼałkǫ́ʼígíí

tiníléí (“Gila monster”) + -tsoh (big) + naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (“it swims”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


níyol yiiʼ naʼałkǫ́ʼígíí

nv:níyol yiiʼ naʼałkǫ́ʼígíí (tónteel tsídii)


tłʼohtah díłdánii yił aheełtʼéhii

From tłʼohtah (“in the grass”) + díłdánii (“quail”) + yił (“like it”) + aheełtʼé (“it resembles”) + -ii (nominalizer)


tsétah dibé

/ˈt͡sʰɛ́tʰàx tɪpé/


tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ náshdóí

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tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ náshdóí

tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ náshdóí

tó (“water”) + wónaanídę́ę́ʼ (“from the other side”) + náshdóí (“wildcat”) (refers to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean)


mósí bizaʼazis hólóní

/mósɪ́ pɪzɑʔɑzɪs xólónɪ́kɪ́ɪ́/


tábąąhgi łeeyiʼ chʼosh

From tábąąh (“shore”) + -gi (“at”) + łeeyiʼ (“in the ground”) + chʼosh (“bug, insect”)


táłtłʼááh kʼaaʼ

táłtłʼááh kʼaaʼ

táłtłʼááh kʼaaʼ


nahakʼízii

nahakʼiz (“it goes about making a kʼiz-kʼiz sound”) + -ii (nominalizing suffix)

Nahakʼízii łaʼ ádaaní.

I hear crickets (a jab at getting no response; literally, crickets are chirping).


níłtsą́goʼ

From níłtsą́ (“rain”) + -goʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -GOʼ, “to bump, hit”).

nowrap

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-goʼ</i>

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-GOʼ</i>


tádídíín yiyání

From tádídíín (“corn pollen”) + yiyą́ (“it is eating it”) + -í (nominalizer)


łóóʼ ńdídzihígíí

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łóóʼ ńdídzihígíí

łóóʼ ńdídzihígíí

nv:łóóʼ ńdídzihígíí


jáád neishoodí

ajáád (“leg”) + neishood (“he drags it about”) + -í (nominalizer)


atʼaʼ éljołí nahalinígíí

nv:Atʼaʼ éljołí nahalinígíí (táłtłʼááh chʼosh)


łóóʼtʼą́hí atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí

łóóʼtʼą́hí atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí

łóóʼtʼą́hí atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí

nv:łóóʼtʼą́hí atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí


Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ tsétah mósí ałchinígíí

nv:Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ tsétah mósí ałchinígíí


biʼééʼ dootłʼizhgo disxǫsígíí

From ééʼ (“its clothing”) + dootłʼizh (“it blue, turqoise”) + -go (adverbial suffix) + disxǫs (“it glitters”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


tsiiʼnteelí

Compound of atsiiʼ (“head”) + niteel (“it is wide”) + -í (nominalizer).


naʼashǫ́ʼii bijáád ádinígíí

From naʼashǫ́ʼii (“lizard”) + bijáád (“its legs”) + ádin (“there are none”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


tsiiyázhí

grey-winged trumpeter
grey-winged trumpeter

grey-winged trumpeter, trumpeter (Psophia)


biniiʼłigaii

biniiʼ (“its face”) + łigai (“is white”) + -ii (nominalizing suffix)


tsídiitsoh bikʼos dootłʼizhí

Casuarius casuarius
Casuarius casuarius#Translingual

southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)


tłʼiishkʼosí

Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ tłʼiishkʼosí


nahatʼeʼiitsoh łichíiʼii

/nàhàtʼɛ̀ʔìːt͡sʰòh ɬɪ̀t͡ʃʰíːʔ/


Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ mósíłchíiʼii ałchinígíí

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Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ mósíłchíiʼii ałchinígíí

Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ mósíłchíiʼii ałchinígíí


tséʼédǫ́ʼii łibáhígíí

tséʼédǫ́ʼii łibáhígíí

tséʼédǫ́ʼii łibáhígíí


tsinaʼayąʼii yildeełí

Myrmecobius fasciatus
Myrmecobius fasciatus#Translingual


sǫʼ łóóʼ bigaanézí

sǫʼ łóóʼ bigaanézí

sǫʼ łóóʼ bigaanézí


chʼosh bitsʼaʼígíí

chʼosh (“insect”) + bitsʼaʼ (“its shell”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


łóóʼ naatʼaʼí

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łóóʼ naatʼaʼí

łóóʼ ndaatʼaʼígíí

łóóʼ naatʼaʼí (plural łóóʼ ndaatʼaʼígíí)


táłtłʼááh séigoʼ bitsʼaʼígíí

táłtłʼááh séigoʼ bitsʼaʼígíí

táłtłʼááh séigoʼ bitsʼaʼígíí


níyol yiiʼ naatʼaʼígíí

nv:náhookǫs biyaadi níyol yiiʼ naatʼaʼígíí


chʼoshtsoh bikágí diwozhí

chʼoshtsoh (“cockroach”, literally “big bug”) + bikágí (“its skin, its pelt, its shell”) + diwozh (“it is thorny”) + -í (nominalizer)


tsįyaatsiiłchííʼ

vermilion flycatcher
vermilion flycatcher

vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)


gałbáhí

gah (“rabbit”) + łibá (“gray”) + -í (nominalizer)


łóóʼ hashkéhé bíchį́į́hnézí

łóóʼ hashkéhé bíchį́į́hnézí

łóóʼ hashkéhé bíchį́į́hnézí


bitseeʼ yee adiłhałii yázhí

From bitseeʼ yee adiłhałii (“alligator”) + yázhí (“little”)


naʼashjéʼiitsoh

From naʼashjéʼii (“spider”) + -tsoh (“big, large”).


akágí yitsʼǫǫsii

akágí (“a pelt, a skin”) + yitsʼǫǫs (“it is sucking on”) + -ii (nominalizing suffix)


tseekʼi nástánii

From bitseeʼ (“its tail, rump”) + bikʼi (“on it”), and nástą́ (“it bends back”) + -ii (nominalizing suffix).

squirrel, antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus)


wóóseekʼidii

Carolina sphinx moth
Carolina sphinx moth

Carolina sphinx moth, tobacco hawk moth, tobacco hornworm, goliath worm (Manduca sexta)


nv:Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ náshdóítsoh łikizhígíí


náshdóí łibáhígíí

náshdóí łibáhígíí

náshdóí łibáhígíí


chį́į́h yee achʼiishíhii

From áchį́į́h (“nose”) + yee (“by means of”) + achʼiish (“it cuts”), literally “it cuts with its nose”.


chʼoshtsoh

Compound of chʼosh (“bug, insect”) + -tsoh (“big”).


łóóʼ bigaan tseebíí

From łóóʼ (“fish”) + bigaan (“its arm/limb”) + tseebíí (“eight”).


chʼał niłtólí

chʼał (“frog”) + niłtólí (“it is clear, transparent, crystalline, pure”)


łóóʼyiniʼįįhí

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łóóʼyiniʼįįhí


Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí

Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí

Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí


chį́į́h yee adilohii

chį́į́h yee adilohii (plural chį́į́h yee daʼdilohii)

áchį́į́h (“nose”) + yee (“by means of”) + adiloh (“it is a roper”, from -LOʼ) + -ii (nominalizing suffix).

Tó Dínéeshzheeʼdi chį́į́h yee adilohii łaʼ yiiłtsą́.

Chį́į́h Yee Adilohii Bideeʼ Tónteel Bibąąh


chʼééh digháhiitsoh

From chʼééh digháhii (“turtle”) + -tsoh (“big”).


naalʼeełí naashchʼąąʼígíí

From naalʼeełí (“duck”) + naashchʼąąʼ (“painted, decorated”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ naaʼahóóhaitʼą́ʼí

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Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ naaʼahóóhaitʼą́ʼí

Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ naaʼahóóhaitʼą́ʼí

nv:Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ naaʼahóóhaitʼą́ʼí


bitseeʼ yee adiłhałii

Apparently from bitseeʼ (“its tail”) + by means of it + adiłhash (“it bites”) + -ii (nominalizer)


chį́į́shnézí

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chį́į́shnézí


łóóʼ ooshgę́ęzhii

From łóóʼ (“fish”) + ooshgę́ę́zh (“cartilage”) + -ii (nominalizer)


bíígháán dahólónígíí

bi- (“its”) + íígháán (“backbone”) + da- (plural marker) + hólǫ́ (“it exists”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


naʼashjéʼii jáádnézí

naʼashjéʼii (“spider”) + jáád (“leg”) + -nééz (“long, tall”) + -í (“nominalizer”)


chʼosh bíígháán ádaadinígíí

chʼosh (“bug”) + bi- (“its”) + íígháán (“backbone”) + da- (plural marker) + ádin (“it is absent”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


łóóʼ bigaan neeznání

łóóʼ (“fish”) + bi- (3rd person possessive) + agaan (“arms”) + neeznáá (“ten”) + -í (nominalizer)


wóóneeshchʼįįdii nahachaʼígíí

From wóóneeshchʼįįdii (“locust”) + nahachaʼ (“it is hopping”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


chʼosh bijáád tseebíhígíí

chʼosh (“insect”) + bijáád (“its legs”) + tseebíí (“eight”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


łóóʼtʼą́hí

nv:łóóʼtʼą́hí


tłʼézhii

horsefly; more specifically, members of family Tabanidae


łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná

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łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná

łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná

Compound of łį́į́ʼ (“horse, livestock”) + bi- (“third-person possessive prefix”) + tsísʼná (“bee, stinging insect”).

compound

botfly, horsefly; more specifically, members of family Oestridae

nv:łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná


chʼosh łitsxooí

chʼosh (“insect”) + łitsxooí (“orange”).


tábąąsdísí

/tʰɑ́pɑ̃̀ːstɪ́sɪ́/


łóóʼ bíchį́į́h nineezí

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łóóʼ bíchį́į́h nineezí

łóóʼ bíchį́į́h nineezí

From łóóʼ (“fish”) + bíchį́į́h (“its nose”) + nineez (“it is long”) + -í (nominalizer).


shash bizaʼazis hólóní

/ʃɑ̀ʃ pɪzɑʔɑzɪs xólónɪ́kɪ́ɪ́/


tłʼiish bikʼós niteelígíí

From tłʼiish (“snake”) + bikʼos (“neck”) + niteel (“it is broad”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


naʼashjéʼii bijéí dah łichíiʼii

From naʼashjéʼii (“spider”) + bijéí (“its thorax”) + up, at an elevation + łichííʼ (“it is red”) + -ii (nominalizer)


tsídii naʼałkǫ́ʼígíí

From tsídii (“bird”) + naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (“it swims”) + -ígíí (nominalizer).


téliichoʼí

télii (“burro”) + choʼ (“testicles”) + -í (nominalizer)


táłtłʼááh chʼoshtsoh chʼééh digháhii

From táłtłʼááh (“at the bottom of the water”) + chʼoshtsoh (“cockroach”) + chʼééh digháhii (“turtle, tortoise”)


táłtłʼááh chʼééh digháhii

táłtłʼááh (“the bottom of the water”) + chʼééh digháhii (“turtle”)


tsídii bidaatsoh naashchʼąąʼí

tsídii (“bird”) + bidaaʼ (“its beak”) + tsoh (“big”) + naashchʼąąʼ (“painted”) + -í (nominalizer)


tsídii yáłtiʼí yázhí

tsídii yáłtiʼí (“parrot”) + yázhí (“little, small”)

parakeet, budgerigar, lorikeet, fig parrot (the Loriinae)


mágí bigaanézí

From mágí (“monkey”) + bigaan (“its arms”) + -nééz (“long”).


tsʼíʼii jáádnézí

By surface analysis, tsʼíʼii (“mosquito”) + jáád (“legs”) + -nééz (“tall, long”) + -í (nominalizer)


chąąneiłmaasii

From chąąʼ (“dung”) + neiłmaas (“it is rolling it around”) + -ii (nominalizer)


tsídii bitseeʼ naashchʼąąʼí

From tsídii (“bird”) + bitseeʼ (“its tail”) + naashchʼąąʼ (“painted”) + -í (nominalizer)


dééłtsoh

Ardeotis kori
Ardeotis kori#Translingual


naalʼeełí bidaatsʼózí

Apparently from naalʼeełí (“duck”) + bidaaʼ (“its beak”) + ditsʼoz (“it is long-haired”) + -í (nominalizer)


tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ toohjįʼ noołnahii

tó (“water”) + wónaanídę́ę́ʼ (“from the other side”) + toohjįʼ noołnahii (“great blue heron”) (refers to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean)


łóóʼ hashkéhétsoh

From łóóʼ hashkéhé (“shark”) + -tsoh (“big”)

łóóʼ hashkéhé


mágí binááʼtsohígíí

mágí (“monkey”) + binááʼ (“its eyes”) + -tsoh (“big”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


wónikǫsí

From wó- (“insect, bug”) + ni- (modal) + -kǫs (from -KĘ́Ę́Z, “stick-like object moves”) + -í (nominalizer).


hazéí naatʼáʼii

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hazéí naatʼáʼii (plural hazéí ndaatʼáʼii)


shash naʼazísí

From shash (“bear”) + naʼazísí (“mole; gopher”).


hóółtseiigi naʼatsʼǫǫsí

hóółtsei (“dry”) + naʼatsʼǫǫsí (“mouse”).


wónitłʼizí

wó- (“insect, bug”) + ntłʼiz (“it is hard, stiff, brittle”), from ni- (prefix that forms neuter imperfectives) + -tłʼiz (verb stem, to be hard), + -í (nominalizer).


tóidoozohii bidaaʼ łigaaígíí

Fulica americana
Fulica americana#Translingual


giní jáádnézí

By surface analysis, giní (“falcon, hawk”) + jáád (“legs”) + -nééz (“tall, long”) + -í (nominalizer)


Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełí

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Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełí

Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełí


naayééʼ tsídiitsoh

From naayééʼ (“dinosaur”) + tsídiitsoh (“ostrich”)


atsáłgaii

From atsá (“eagle”) + łigai (“white”) + -ii (nominalizing suffix).

rough-legged buzzard
rough-legged buzzard


aniłtʼánii biyázhí

From aniłtʼánii (“antlion”) + biyázhí (“its offspring”)


naalʼeełítsoh bitsiiʼ halzhinígíí

From naalʼeełí (“goose”) + -tsoh (“big”) + bitsiiʼ (“its head”) + halzhin (“black”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


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tó (“water”) + wónaanídę́ę́ʼ (“from the other side”) + naalʼeełí (“goose”) + -tsoh (“big”) + łibá (“it is gray”) + -h- (ligature) + -ígíí (nominalizer) (refers to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean)

nv:tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełítsoh łibáhígíí


nv:naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí


atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí

From atsiniltłʼish (“lightning, electricity”) + ííłʼíní + -ígíí (nominalizer)

nv:Atsiniltłʼish ííłʼíinii (naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ)


mágí bíchį́į́h dootłʼizhígíí

From mágí (“monkey”) + bíchį́į́h (“its nose”) + dootłʼizh (“it is blue”) + -ígíí (nominalizer).


mąʼii bizaʼazis hólóní

From mąʼii (“coyote”) + bizaʼazis (“its pocket”) + hólǫ́ (“there is”) + -n- (“ligature”) + -í (nominalizer), literally “coyote with a pocket”.


hodíłchʼil jeeshóóʼ

Sarcoramphus papa
Sarcoramphus papa#Translingual


táłtłʼááh chʼoshchilí

From táłtłʼááh (“the bottom of the water”) + chʼosh (“insect, bug”) + -chil (“little, short”) + -í (nominalizer)


łóóʼ adishishí ntsxaaígíí

From łóóʼ adishishí (“skate, stingray”) + nitsxaa (“it is very big”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


kʼaalógii bitʼaʼ disxǫsgo łikizhígíí

From kʼaalógii (“butterfly”) + bitʼaʼ (“its wing”) + disxǫs (“it glitters”) + -go (adverbial suffix) + łikizh (“it glitters”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


jádí bíchį́į́htsohígíí

From jádí (“pronghorn”) + bíchį́į́h (“its snout”) + -tsoh (“big”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


dlǫ́ʼátsoh

From dlǫ́ǫ́ʼ (“prairie dog”) + á- (echo of the preceding vowel) + -tsoh (“big”).


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nv:Chʼah diʼilii bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ mósí ałchinígíí


táłkááʼ tsʼin bíchį́į́hnézí

táłkááʼ tsʼin bíchį́į́hnézí

táłkááʼ tsʼin bíchį́į́hnézí

táłkááʼ (“on the surface of the water”) + tsʼin (“bone”) + bíchį́į́h (“its nose”) + nineez (“it is long”) + -í (nominalizer)


hosh yiyání

cactus longhorn beetle
cactus longhorn beetle


tsįyaalzhahí

Accipiter striatus
Accipiter striatus#Translingual


tsisteeł hashkéhé

From tsisteeł (“turtle”) + hashké (“it is angry”) + -é (nominalizer)


chʼoshłóóʼ bitsʼaʼ ádinígíí

From chʼosh (“bug”) + łóóʼ (“fish”) + bitsʼaʼ (“its shell”) + ádin (“it is gone, absent”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


łóóʼntsxaaí díníchʼahii

The first element is from łóóʼ (“fish”) + nitsxaa (“it is very big”) + -í (nominalizer).


chʼosh chʼééh digháhii

chʼosh (“bug”) + chʼééh digháhii (“turtle”)

nv:Chʼosh chʼééh digháhii dóó Chʼoshłóóʼ


náshdóí bizaʼazis hólóní

/nɑ́ʃtóɪ́ pɪzɑʔɑzɪs xólónɪ́kɪ́ɪ́/

From náshdóí (“lynx”) + bizaʼazis hólónígíí (“marsupial”).


kʼíneedlíshii adiłhashígíí

kʼíneedlíshii (“stink beetle”) + adiłhash (“it bites”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


kʼíneedlíshii

pinacate beetle, stink beetle (Eleodes obscurus)


chʼosh áłtʼą́ą́ʼígíí

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chʼosh áłtʼą́ą́ʼígíí

chʼosh ádaałtʼą́ą́ʼígíí

chʼosh áłtʼą́ą́ʼígíí (plural chʼosh ádaałtʼą́ą́ʼígíí)

nv:chʼosh áłtʼą́ą́ʼígíí


iichʼąhii biyázhí

From iichʼąhii (“moth”) + biyázhí (“its offspring”)


chʼoshłóóʼ bideetsohígíí

chʼosh (“insect”) + łóóʼ (fish) + bideeʼ (“antler, horn”) + -tsoh (“big”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh naʼałkǫ́ʼígíí

naʼashǫ́ʼii (“lizard”) + -tsoh (“big”) + naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (“it swims”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


atsá biyáázh

atsá (“eagle”) and biyáázh (“her chicks”). Compare Western Apache itsáh bizhaazh (“eaglets”).


tsísʼná bighan

tsísʼná (“bee”) + bighan (“their home”).


naaʼahóóhai bikeetsohígíí

naaʼahóóhai (“chicken”) + bikeeʼ (“its feet”) + -tsoh (“big”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


įįʼąʼii

onomatopoeia + -ii (nominalizing suffix)


tłʼízí yázhí

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tłʼízí yázhí

tłʼízí yázhí


mąʼiiłtsooí yázhí

Vulpes macrotis
Vulpes macrotis#Translingual


dibé tsaʼii

dibé (“sheep”) + tsaʼii (“female animal”)


tsįįłkaałii

tsin (“tree”) + yiłkaał (“he chips it/chops it”) + -ii (nominalizing suffix)


wóniłchxoní

Literally a bug that stinks, from wó- (“insect, bug”) + niłchon (“it stinks”) + -x- (emphatic infix) + -í (nominalizer)


wólázhiní

From wólá (“ants”) + -zhin (“black”) + -í (nominalizer).


łį́į́ʼtsaʼii

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łį́į́ʼtsaʼii

From łį́į́ʼ (“horse”) + tsaʼii (“reproducing female”).


łį́į́ʼ yáshchʼį́į́d

łį́į́ʼ yáshchʼį́į́d


atsáłbáí

From atsá (“eagle”) + łibá (“gray”) + -í (nominalizer).


atsáłtsoii

From atsá (“eagle”) + łitso (“yellow”) + -ii (nominalizing suffix).


tsiishgaii

From atsiiʼ (“head”) + -sh- (ligature) + -gai (neuter imperfective stem of root -GAII, “to be white”) + -ii (nominalizing suffix). Literally, the white-headed one.

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<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-gai</i>

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-GAII</i>


chąąłtązhii

/t͡ʃʰɑ̃̀ːɬtʰɑ̃̀ʒìː/


yaayááhálzhiin

Compound of ayaayááh (“throat”) + łizhin (“it is black”) + -ii (nominalizer). Literally, “black throat”.


jį́ʼaniʼįįhí

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jį́ʼaniʼįįhí

From jį́ (“day”) + aniʼįįh (“he is a thief”, from -ʼĮ́Į́ʼ, “to steal”) + -í (nominalizer). Literally, “the one who steals during daytime”.


łééchąąłkiizh

From łééchąąʼí (“dog”) + łikizh (“it is spotted”) + -ii (nominalizer).


jaaʼniłtsʼílí

Compound of ajaaʼ (“ear”) + niłtsʼílí (“it is translucent”). Literally, "the one with translucent ears".


łeechʼosh

Compound of łeezh (“ground, soil”) + chʼosh (“bug, insect”).


naalʼeełídaaʼí

/nɑɑlʔɛɛɬítɑɑʔí/


shash łigaii

shash (“bear”) + łigai (“it is white”) + -ii (“nominalizer”); "white bear"


łį́į́ʼ biyéél

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łį́į́ʼ biyéél

From łį́į́ʼ (“horse”) + biyéél (“its burden, cargo”)


łééchąą yázhí

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łééchąą yázhí

łééchąą yázhí

From łééchąąʼí (“dog”) + yázhí (“little”).


tsilgóóh

Cognate with Chipewyan gooh (“bug, worm”)


chąąneiłhizii

From chąąʼ (“dung”) + neiłhiz (“he/she/it rolls it around”) + -ii (nominalizer), literally “the one that rolls dung around”


bįįstsoh

bįįh (“deer”) + -s- (ligature) + -tsoh (“big”)


bįįhtsaʼii

Unclear. The first element is bįįh (“deer”), and the last is the nominalizer -ii, but tsaʼ is uncertain.