chai

maternal grandfather, mother's father, grandson (from daughter), daughter's son


-lah

shilah

bilah

An opposite sex sibling (a woman’s brother, a man’s sister)


diné

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diné (plural dineʼé, distributive plural dadineʼé)

dineʼé (plural)
dadineʼé (distributive plural)

From di- (thematic prefix relating to action performed with the arms and legs) + -né (“man, person”, stem noun). Compare Chipewyan dëné, Dogrib done, Tsuut'ina dìná.


Dágháilchįįh

From dághá (“moustache”) + the iterative form néíłchįįh of yishchin (“to smell”), “he who smells his moustache”.


Ayahkinii

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


naʼałkaahí

From naʼałkaah (“investigate”) + -í (“nominalizer”).


Oozéí

Navajo pronunciation of Hopi Orayvi (“Oraibi”)


Jíísas

From English Jesus, from Latin Iēsus, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ).


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”).


hatsiʼ

shitsiʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsiʼ (first-person plural)
nitsiʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsiʼ (plural second-person)
bitsiʼ (third-person)
yitsiʼ (fourth-person)
hatsiʼ (fourth-person)
atsiʼ (indefinite)


hayeʼ

hayeʼke (plural)
shiyeʼ (first-person singular)
nihiyeʼ (duoplural first-person)
niyeʼ (second-person singular)
nihiyeʼ (duoplural second-person)
biyeʼ (third-person)
yiyeʼ (fourth-person)
hayeʼ (fourth-person)
ayeʼ (fourth-person singular)
áyeʼ (reflexive singular)
ałyeʼ (duoplural reciprocal)
ahiłyeʼ (duoplural reciprocal)


amá

shimá (first-person singular)
nihimá (duoplural first-person)
danihimá (first-person plural)
nimá (second-person singular)
nihimá (duoplural second-person)
danihimá (plural second-person)
bimá (third-person)
yimá (fourth-person)
hamá (fourth-person)
amá (indefinite)


hahastiin

ha- (“indefinite deictic subject pronoun”) + hastiin (“man”)

bahastiin

shahastiin


chʼiyáán ííłʼíní

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chʼiyáán ííłʼíní

chʼiyáán ííłʼíní

chʼiyáán (“food”) + ííłʼį́ (“to do as a profession”) + -í (“nominalizer”)


hánaaí

shínaaí (first-person singular)
nihínaaí (duoplural first-person)
danihínaaí (first-person plural)
nínaaí (second-person singular)
nihínaaí (duoplural second-person)
danihínaaí (plural second-person)
bínaaí (third-person)
yínaaí (fourth-person)
hánaaí (fourth-person)
ánaaí (indefinite)

bínaaí

nínaaí

shínaaí


alzhishí

alzhish (“he/she dances”) + -í (nominalizer)


naatʼáanii

/naː˨tʼaː˦˨niː˨/

NihiNaatʼáanii Barack Obama éí Wááshindoondi Alą́ąjįʼ dahsidáhígíí yá yilwoł.

President Barack Obama is running for President.


Bééshbichʼahí

/péːʃ pɪ̀t͡ʃʼɑ̀hìː/

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


bááh ííłʼíní

bááh ííłʼíní

bááh ííłʼíní


ééʼ neishoodii

From ééʼ (“shirt”) + neishood (“he drags it around”) + -ii (nominalizer).


hataałii

From hataał (“he sings”) + -ii (nominalizing suffix).


Naakétłʼáhí

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


Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé

/ʔɑ̀st͡sɑ̃́ː nɑ́tˡèːhɛ́/

Compare Chiricahua Isdzánádleeshéń (“White Painted Woman”)


bilagáana

→ Hopi: Pölakaana

/pɪ̀lɑ̀kɑ̂ːnɑ̀/

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


adeezhí

shideezhí (first-person singular)
nihideezhí (duoplural first-person)
danihideezhí (first-person plural)
nideezhí (second-person singular)
nihideezhí (duoplural second-person)
danihideezhí (plural second-person)
bideezhí (third-person)
yideezhí (fourth-person)
hadeezhí (fourth-person)
adeezhí (indefinite)

alah

brother or sister, sibling of the opposite sex


atʼééd

atʼééké (plural)
sheʼatʼééd (first-person singular)
niheʼatʼééd (duoplural first-person)
daniheʼatʼééd (first-person plural)
neʼatʼééd (second-person singular)
niheʼatʼééd (duoplural second-person)
daniheʼatʼééd (plural second-person)
beʼatʼééd (third-person)
yeʼatʼééd (fourth-person)
hweʼatʼééd (fourth-person)
atʼééd (indefinite)

Compare Tanacross tʼêd (“adolescent girl”)


acheii

shicheii (first-person singular)
nihicheii (duoplural first-person)
danihicheii (first-person plural)
nicheii (second-person singular)
nihicheii (duoplural second-person)
danihicheii (plural second-person)
bicheii (third-person)
yicheii (fourth-person)
hacheii (fourth-person)
acheii (indefinite)

maternal grandfather
maternal grandfather

maternal grandfather, as well as any of his brothers (maternal great-uncles)


amá sání

shimá sání (first-person singular)
nihimá sání (duoplural first-person)
danihimá sání (first-person plural)
nimá sání (second-person singular)
nihimá sání (duoplural second-person)
danihimá sání (plural second-person)
bimá sání (third-person)
yimá sání (fourth-person)
hamá sání (fourth-person)
amá sání (indefinite)

shimá sání

maternal grandmother
maternal grandmother

maternal grandmother, as well as any of her sisters (maternal great-aunts)


análí

análíké (plural)
shinálí (first-person singular)
nihinálí (duoplural first-person)
danihinálí (first-person plural)
ninálí (second-person singular)
nihinálí (duoplural second-person)
danihinálí (plural second-person)
binálí (third-person)
yinálí (fourth-person)
hanálí (fourth-person)
análí (indefinite)


asdzání

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asdzání (possessed form beʼasdzáán, plural sáanii)

beʼasdzáán (possessed-form)
sáanii (plural)

ʼa- (unspecified person prefix) + -s- (ligature) + -dzą́ (“pitted, having a cavity or hole”, perfective stem) + -n- (ligature) + -í (nominalizer)


azhéʼé

shizhéʼé (first-person singular)
nihizhéʼé (duoplural first-person)
danihizhéʼé (first-person plural)
nizhéʼé (second-person singular)
nihizhéʼé (duoplural second-person)
danihizhéʼé (plural second-person)
bizhéʼé (third-person)
yizhéʼé (fourth-person)
hazhéʼé (fourth-person)
azhéʼé (indefinite)


abízhí

shibízhí (first-person singular)
nihibízhí (duoplural first-person)
danihibízhí (first-person plural)
nibízhí (second-person singular)
nihibízhí (duoplural second-person)
danihibízhí (plural second-person)
bibízhí (third-person)
yibízhí (fourth-person)
habízhí (fourth-person)
abízhí (indefinite)

shibízhí shichʼįʼ bił hózhǫ́


ataaʼ

shitaaʼ (first-person singular)
nihitaaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitaaʼ (first-person plural)
nitaaʼ (second-person singular)
nihitaaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitaaʼ (plural second-person)
bitaaʼ (third-person)
yitaaʼ (fourth-person)
hataaʼ (fourth-person)
ataaʼ (indefinite)

Cognate with Sarcee -taa, Chipewyan -táá, Beaver -tááʼ, Carrier -baa, Sekani -taʼ, Ahtna -taʼ.

nihiTaaʼ

father (especially when referring to God)


azeeʼ neiikáhí

azeeʼ neiikáhí (plural azeeʼ nideiikáhí)

azeeʼ (“medicine”) + neiiká (“he/she carries it about”), from -kaah (imperfective stem for handling a substance contained in an open container), plus -í (nominalizer)


Áłtsé Asdzą́ą́

Áłtsé Asdzą́ą́

Áłtsé Asdzą́ą́


binantʼaʼí

binantʼaʼí (possessed form of naatʼáanii)


biyáázh

shiyáázh (first-person singular)
nihiyáázh (duoplural first-person)
danihiyáázh (first-person plural)
niyáázh (second-person singular)
nihiyáázh (duoplural second-person)
danihiyáázh (plural second-person)
biyáázh (third-person)
yiyáázh (fourth-person)
hayáázh (fourth-person)
ayáázh (indefinite)

first cousin once removed
first cousin once removed

her father's brother's son's son, her first cousin once removed


hakʼéí

hakʼéíyóó (plural)
shikʼéí (first-person singular)
nihikʼéí (duoplural first-person)
danihikʼéí (first-person plural)
nikʼéí (second-person singular)
nihikʼéí (duoplural second-person)
danihikʼéí (plural second-person)
bikʼéí (third-person)
yikʼéí (fourth-person)
hakʼéí (fourth-person)
akʼéí (indefinite)

ha- (indefinite deictic 3rd-person possessive pronoun, one's) + kʼé (“peace, friendship”) + -í (nominalizer)

one’s kin, kinsman, kinfolk, relatives (by blood or by the maternal or paternal clan lines)


sikʼis

sikʼisóó (plural)
sikʼis (first-person singular)
nihikʼis (duoplural first-person)
danihikʼis (first-person plural)
nikʼis (second-person singular)
nihikʼis (duoplural second-person)
danihikʼis (plural second-person)
bikʼis (third-person)
yikʼis (fourth-person)
hakʼis (fourth-person)
akʼis (indefinite)

my older maternal cousin (of the same sex as me)


hashkééjí naatʼááh

hashké (“warrior”) + -jí (“on the side of”) + naatʼááh (“he orates”)


hweʼesdzáán

hwi- (impersonal 3rd-person possessive) + asdzáán (“woman”)

pre

beʼesdzáán

sheʼesdzáán


akałii

/ʔɑ̀kʰɑ̀ɬìː/


amásání

shimásání (first-person singular)
nihimásání (duoplural first-person)
danihimásání (first-person plural)
nimásání (second-person singular)
nihimásání (duoplural second-person)
danihimásání (plural second-person)
bimásání (third-person)
yimásání (fourth-person)
hamásání (fourth-person)
amásání (indefinite)


bitsóóké

shitsóóké (first-person singular)
nihitsóóké (duoplural first-person)
danihitsóóké (first-person plural)
nitsóóké (second-person singular)
nihitsóóké (duoplural second-person)
danihitsóóké (plural second-person)
bitsóóké (third-person)
yitsóóké (fourth-person)
hatsóóké (fourth-person)
atsóóké (indefinite)


atsóí

atsóóké (plural)
shitsóí (first-person singular)
nihitsóí (duoplural first-person)
danihitsóí (first-person plural)
nitsóí (second-person singular)
nihitsóí (duoplural second-person)
danihitsóí (plural second-person)
bitsóí (third-person)
yitsóí (fourth-person)
hatsóí (fourth-person)
atsóí (indefinite)


anaasází

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


bił ńdaʼalgeedgo náyiiláhígíí

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bił ńdaʼalgeedgo náyiiláhígíí (plural bił ńdaʼalgeedgo ńdayiiláhígíí)

bił (“with him”) + naalgeed (“it bucks”) + da- (“plural marker”) + -go (“adverbial marker”) + náyiizlááʼ (“he gathered them”) + -ígíí (“nominalizer”)


azeeʼííłʼíní

azeeʼííłʼíní

azeeʼ (“medicine”) + ííłʼį́ (“he makes it”) + -í (“nominalizer”)


Diné bizaad yee naazbaaʼígíí

Diné bizaad (“Navajo language”) + yee (“by means of it”) + naazbaaʼ (“he went to war”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)

With the Navajo language they helped defeat the enemy

Diné Bizaad yee atah naayééʼ yikʼehdeesdlį́į́ʼ


wótááhgóó ałnááʼáłtʼahí

wótááhgóó ałnááʼáłtʼahí

wótááhgóó ałnááʼáłtʼahí

nv:wótááhgóó ałnááʼáłtʼahí


Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé

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


Naashgalí

/nɑ̀ːʃkɑ̀lɪ́/

From Spanish mescalero, from mezcal + -ero.


Náátsʼózí

binááʼ (“their eyes”) + -tsʼósí (“narrow”)

Oriental people (especially Chinese or Japanese)


akʼéí

akʼéíyóó (plural)
shikʼéí (first-person singular)
nihikʼéí (duoplural first-person)
danihikʼéí (first-person plural)
nikʼéí (second-person singular)
nihikʼéí (duoplural second-person)
danihikʼéí (plural second-person)
bikʼéí (third-person)
yikʼéí (fourth-person)
hakʼéí (fourth-person)
akʼéí (indefinite)

a- (indefinite possessive pronoun, someone's) + kʼé (“peace, friendship”) + -í (nominalizer)

Yáʼátʼééh shikʼéí dóó shidineʼé

Audio: (file) — Greetings to my kin and to my people. (formal but intimate expression for greeting a large group at the start of a speech)

kin, kinsman, kinfolk, relatives (by blood or by the maternal or paternal clan lines)


alą́ąjįʼ dahsidáhígíí

alą́ąjįʼ (“ahead, in front”) + dah (“elevated”) + sidá (“he is sitting”) + -ígíí (nominalizer).

Wááshindoon Alą́ąjįʼ Dahsidáhígíí


achʼooní

shichʼooní (first-person singular)
nihichʼooní (duoplural first-person)
danihichʼooní (first-person plural)
nichʼooní (second-person singular)
nihichʼooní (duoplural second-person)
danihichʼooní (plural second-person)
bichʼooní (third-person)
yichʼooní (fourth-person)
hachʼooní (fourth-person)
achʼooní (indefinite)


atsilí

atsilíkéyóó (plural)
sitsilí (first-person singular)
nihitsilí (duoplural first-person)
danihitsilí (first-person plural)
nitsilí (second-person singular)
nihitsilí (duoplural second-person)
danihitsilí (plural second-person)
bitsilí (third-person)
yitsilí (fourth-person)
hatsilí (fourth-person)
atsilí (indefinite)

sitsilí


ánaaí

shínaaí (first-person singular)
nihínaaí (duoplural first-person)
danihínaaí (first-person plural)
nínaaí (second-person singular)
nihínaaí (duoplural second-person)
danihínaaí (plural second-person)
bínaaí (third-person)
yínaaí (fourth-person)
hánaaí (fourth-person)
ánaaí (indefinite)


ádí

bádí (possessed-form)
ádíké (plural)
shádí (first-person singular)
nihádí (duoplural first-person)
danihádí (first-person plural)
nádí (second-person singular)
nihádí (duoplural second-person)
danihádí (plural second-person)
bádí (third-person)
yádí (fourth-person)
hwádí (fourth-person)


alah

alahké (plural)
shilah (first-person singular)
nihilah (duoplural first-person)
danihilah (first-person plural)
nilah (second-person singular)
nihilah (duoplural second-person)
danihilah (plural second-person)
bilah (third-person)
yilah (fourth-person)
halah (fourth-person)
alah (indefinite)

shilah

Audio: (file) — my sibling (of the opposite sex)

sibling (brother or sister) (of the opposite sex)

first cousin, father's brother's daughter (male speaker)

first cousin, mother's sister's daughter (male speaker)


naakiishchíín

naaki (“two”) + yishchį́ (“they two are born”) + -n- (ligature) + -í (nominalizer) = naakiishchíní = naakiishchíín


análí hastiin

shinálí hastiin (first-person singular)
nihinálí hastiin (duoplural first-person)
danihinálí hastiin (first-person plural)
ninálí hastiin (second-person singular)
nihinálí hastiin (duoplural second-person)
danihinálí hastiin (plural second-person)
binálí hastiin (third-person)
yinálí hastiin (fourth-person)
hanálí hastiin (fourth-person)
análí hastiin (indefinite)

shinálí hastiin

my paternal grandfather; my paternal great-uncle

paternal grandfather
paternal grandfather

paternal grandfather, as well as any of his brothers (paternal great-uncles)


análí asdzą́ą́

shinálí asdzą́ą́ (first-person singular)
nihinálí asdzą́ą́ (duoplural first-person)
danihinálí asdzą́ą́ (first-person plural)
ninálí asdzą́ą́ (second-person singular)
nihinálí asdzą́ą́ (duoplural second-person)
danihinálí asdzą́ą́ (plural second-person)
binálí asdzą́ą́ (third-person)
yinálí asdzą́ą́ (fourth-person)
hanálí asdzą́ą́ (fourth-person)
análí asdzą́ą́ (indefinite)

shinálí asdzą́ą́

my paternal grandmother; my paternal great-aunt

paternal grandmother
paternal grandmother

paternal grandmother, as well as any of her sisters (paternal great-aunts)


biyeʼ

biyeʼke (plural)
shiyeʼ (first-person singular)
nihiyeʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihiyeʼ (first-person plural)
niyeʼ (second-person singular)
nihiyeʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihiyeʼ (plural second-person)
biyeʼ (third-person)
yiyeʼ (fourth-person)
hayeʼ (fourth-person)
ayeʼ (indefinite)


shilah

shilah (first-person singular)
nihilah (duoplural first-person)
danihilah (first-person plural)
nilah (second-person singular)
nihilah (duoplural second-person)
danihilah (plural second-person)
bilah (third-person)
yilah (fourth-person)
halah (fourth-person)
alah (indefinite)

my older maternal cousin (of the opposite gender)


báʼóltaʼí

báʼííníshtaʼí (first-person imperfective singular)
báʼííníiltaʼí (duoplural first-person imperfective)
bádaʼííníiltaʼí (first-person imperfective plural)
báʼííníłtaʼí (imperfective second-person singular)
báʼíínółtaʼí (duoplural imperfective second-person)
bádaʼíínółtaʼí (imperfective plural second-person)
yáʼółtaʼí (duoplural imperfective singular third-person)
yádaʼółtaʼí (imperfective plural third-person)
báʼájółtaʼí (duoplural fourth-person imperfective singular)
bádaʼjółtaʼí (fourth-person imperfective plural)
báʼííłtaʼí (first-person perfective singular)
báʼíiltaʼí (duoplural first-person perfective)
bádaʼíiltaʼí (first-person perfective plural)
báʼííníłtaʼí (perfective second-person singular)
báʼóołtaʼí (duoplural perfective second-person)
bádaʼóołtaʼí (perfective plural second-person)
yáʼííłtaʼí (duoplural perfective singular third-person)
yádaʼííłtaʼí (perfective plural third-person)
báʼájííłtaʼí (duoplural fourth-person perfective singular)
bádaʼjííłtaʼí (fourth-person perfective plural)
báʼíídéeshtahí (first-person future singular)
báʼíídíiltahí (duoplural first-person future)
bádaʼíídíiltahí (first-person future plural)
báʼíídííłtahí (future second-person singular)
báʼíídóołtahí (duoplural future second-person)
bádaʼíídóołtahí (future plural second-person)
yáʼíídóołtahí (duoplural future singular third-person)
yádaʼíídóołtahí (future plural third-person)
báʼíízhdóołtahí (duoplural fourth-person future singular)
bádaʼíízhdóołtahí (fourth-person future plural)

bá (“for him/her”) + óltaʼ (“reading is done”) + -í (nominalizer)

Báʼóltaʼí shíká análwoʼ.

Báʼóltaʼí nishłį́.

báʼííníshtaʼí

báʼííníłtaʼí

yáʼółtaʼí

báʼííníiltaʼí

báʼíínółtaʼí


ákʼaʼí

shíkʼaʼí (first-person singular)
nihíkʼaʼí (duoplural first-person)
danihíkʼaʼí (first-person plural)
níkʼaʼí (second-person singular)
nihíkʼaʼí (duoplural second-person)
danihíkʼaʼí (plural second-person)
bíkʼaʼí (third-person)
yíkʼaʼí (fourth-person)
hákʼaʼí (fourth-person)
ákʼaʼí (indefinite)

(dated) maternal aunt (mom’s oldest sister)


hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní

hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní

hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní

shizhéʼé áshʼíní

nizhéʼé áníłʼíní

bizhéʼé ííłʼíní

nihizhéʼé íilʼíní

nihizhéʼé ółʼíní

or

shizhéʼé nishʼíní

nizhéʼé níłʼíní

bizhéʼé yiłʼíní

bizhéʼé jíłʼíní

nihizhéʼé niilʼíní

nihizhéʼé nołʼíní


aadaaní

son-in-law (daughter’s husband, male speaker)

sister’s daughter’s husband (nephew-in-law, male speaker)

father’s sister’s daughter’s husband (cousin-in-law, male speaker)

father’s sister’s husband (uncle-in-law, male speaker)

mother’s sister’s husband (uncle-in-law, male speaker)


adáʼi

shidáʼi (first-person singular)
nihidáʼi (duoplural first-person)
danihidáʼi (first-person plural)
nidáʼi (second-person singular)
nihidáʼi (duoplural second-person)
danihidáʼi (plural second-person)
bidáʼi (third-person)
yidáʼi (fourth-person)
hadáʼi (fourth-person)
adáʼi (indefinite)

maternal uncle (brother of one's mother)


amáyázhí

shimáyázhí (first-person singular)
nihimáyázhí (duoplural first-person)
danihimáyázhí (first-person plural)
nimáyázhí (second-person singular)
nihimáyázhí (duoplural second-person)
danihimáyázhí (plural second-person)
bimáyázhí (third-person)
yimáyázhí (fourth-person)
hamáyázhí (fourth-person)
amáyázhí (indefinite)


naalchiʼí

naalchiʼ (“he scouts the enemy”) + -í (nominalizer)


atsiʼ

atsiʼké (plural)
shitsiʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsiʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsiʼ (first-person plural)
nitsiʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsiʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsiʼ (plural second-person)
bitsiʼ (third-person)
yitsiʼ (fourth-person)
hatsiʼ (fourth-person)
atsiʼ (indefinite)


achʼéʼé

achʼéʼéké (plural)
shichʼéʼé (first-person singular)
nihichʼéʼé (duoplural first-person)
danihichʼéʼé (first-person plural)
nichʼéʼé (second-person singular)
nihichʼéʼé (duoplural second-person)
danihichʼéʼé (plural second-person)
bichʼéʼé (third-person)
yichʼéʼé (fourth-person)
hachʼéʼé (fourth-person)
achʼéʼé (indefinite)


achó

shichó (first-person singular)
nihichó (duoplural first-person)
danihichó (first-person plural)
nichó (second-person singular)
nihichó (duoplural second-person)
danihichó (plural second-person)
bichó (third-person)
yichó (fourth-person)
hachó (fourth-person)
achó (indefinite)


adiitsʼaʼii

adiistsʼaʼ (“he/she understands”) + -ii (nominalizer)


chidíʼánéílʼíní

head

chidíʼánéílʼíní

chidí (“automobile, car”) + ánéílʼí (“he makes it again, repairs it”) + -í (“nominalizer”)

mechanic (one who repairs automobiles), auto repairman


azeedí

shizeedí (first-person singular)
nihizeedí (duoplural first-person)
danihizeedí (first-person plural)
nizeedí (second-person singular)
nihizeedí (duoplural second-person)
danihizeedí (plural second-person)
bizeedí (third-person)
yizeedí (fourth-person)
hazeedí (fourth-person)
azeedí (indefinite)

cousin (daughter of one's paternal aunt or one's maternal uncle)


naabaahii

From naabaah (“he raids about”) + -ii (nominalizer).


azháʼáád

shizháʼáád (first-person singular)
nihizháʼáád (duoplural first-person)
danihizháʼáád (first-person plural)
nizháʼáád (second-person singular)
nihizháʼáád (duoplural second-person)
danihizháʼáád (plural second-person)
bizháʼáád (third-person)
yizháʼáád (fourth-person)
hazháʼáád (fourth-person)
azháʼáád (indefinite)

mother's mother's brother's wife (great-aunt)


aghaʼdiitʼaahii

lawyer (professional person authorized to practice law), attorney


oodláanii

oodlą́ (“he believes”) + -ii (nominalizer)


kǫʼ yiniłtsésí

From kǫʼ (“fire”) + yiniłtséés (“he extinguishes it”) + -í (nominalizer), literally “the one that extinguishes fires”.


nanidaahii

na- (atelic, circuital) + -ni- (modal) + -DÁ (“to sit — 1 actor”) + -ii (nominalizer)