Bilagáana bizaad

/pɪ̀lɑ̀kɑ̂ːnɑ̀ pɪ̀zàːt/

Literally, "White's language"; Bilagáana (“white person”) and bizaad (“her/his/their language”), from bi- (“his/her/their”) + saad (“language”).


Ayahkinii

From biyah (“beneath it”) + kin (“house”) + -ii (nominalizer), or people of the underground house.


Oozéí

Navajo pronunciation of Hopi Orayvi (“Oraibi”)


Béíyózhin

/pɛ́ɪ́jóʒɪ̀n/


Naałání

anaaʼ (“war”) + łą́ (“many”) + -í (“nominalizer”)


Kéʼ łizhiní

ké (“foot”) + łizhiní, from łizhin (“it is black”) + -í (“nominalizer”)


Tsiiʼyishbizhí Dineʼé

From atsiiʼ (“hair”) + yishbizh (“braided”), literally "braided-hair people".


Naabeehó

From Spanish navajo, from Tewa navahu (“field adjoining an arroyo”).


Bééshbichʼahí

/péːʃ pɪ̀t͡ʃʼɑ̀hìː/

From béésh (“iron”) + bichʼah (“his hat”) + -í (nominalizer), referring to the Stahlhelm helmets worn by German soldiers during World War I.


Héítii bizaad

/héɪ́tʰìː pɪ̀zàːt/

From Héítii (“Haiti”) + bizaad (“language”)


Naakétłʼáhí

From anaaʼ (“enemy, alien”) + kétłʼááh (“footsole”) + -í (nominalizer).


bilagáana

→ Hopi: Pölakaana

/pɪ̀lɑ̀kɑ̂ːnɑ̀/

white man, Anglo, Caucasian, American (an early Navajo term for Americans)


yinishyé

Kii yinishyé

Shí éí Kii yinishyé


wolyé

yinishyé (first-person imperfective singular)
yiniilyé (duoplural first-person imperfective)
deiniilyé (first-person imperfective plural)
yinílyé (imperfective second-person singular)
yinołyé (duoplural imperfective second-person)
deinołyé (imperfective plural second-person)
wolyé (duoplural imperfective singular third-person)
yoolyé (duoplural imperfective singular third-person)
daolyé (imperfective plural third-person)
joolyé (duoplural fourth-person imperfective singular)
dajoolyé (fourth-person imperfective plural)
oolyé (indefinite-person)
hoolyé (spatial-person)
yisisyeʼ (first-person perfective singular)
yisiilyeʼ (duoplural first-person perfective)
deisiilyeʼ (first-person perfective plural)
yisínílyeʼ (perfective second-person singular)
yisoołyeʼ (duoplural perfective second-person)
deisoołyeʼ (perfective plural second-person)
woosyeʼ (duoplural perfective singular third-person)
daoosyeʼ (perfective plural third-person)
joosyeʼ (duoplural fourth-person perfective singular)
dajoosyeʼ (fourth-person perfective plural)
oosyeʼ (indefinite-person)
hoosyeʼ (spatial-person)

w- (peg element) + -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person) + -l- (classifier) + -yé (imperfective stem of root -YEʼ, “to be called”).

nowrap

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

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

haash yinílyé?

Cháalatsoh bimá éí Asdzą́ą́łchííʼ wolyé

Big Charlie’s mother’s name is Red Woman.

Kii wolyé

Dáághahii dóó Bilagáana kʼehjígo Canada wolyé

In French and in English, it is called Canada.


anaasází

From anaaʼí (“enemy”) + bizází (“their ancestors”).


head

Kéyah Dańlíinii bikáaʼgi kéédahatʼínígíí bizaad


Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé

binááʼ (“his eyes”) + da- (“plural marker”) + áłtsʼózí (“it is narrow”)


Naashgalí

/nɑ̀ːʃkɑ̀lɪ́/

From Spanish mescalero, from mezcal + -ero.


Bééshbichʼahii bizaad

/péːʃ pɪ̀t͡ʃʼɑ̀hìː pɪ̀zàːt/


naʼagizhgo haneʼ

American Sign Language
American Sign Language


Sháńdíín

shą́ą́ʼ (“sunshine”) + -díín (verb stem means light rays, beam)

a female given name, Shawndeen, Sunshine


Kii

a male given name (a common childhood nickname)