bisóodi

From early modern Mesoamerican Spanish pitzote, from Classical Nahuatl pitzotl (“pig”). Compare Hopi pitsooti.


nímasii

From nímaz (“it is spherical”, from -MÁÁZ, “to roll”) + -ii (nominalizer).


atsįʼ

sitsįʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsįʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsįʼ (first-person plural)
nitsįʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsįʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsįʼ (plural second-person)
bitsįʼ (third-person)
yitsįʼ (fourth-person)
hatsįʼ (fourth-person)
atsįʼ (indefinite)
sheʼatsįʼ (first-person singular)
niheʼatsįʼ (duoplural first-person)
daniheʼatsįʼ (first-person plural)
neʼatsįʼ (second-person singular)
niheʼatsįʼ (duoplural second-person)
daniheʼatsįʼ (plural second-person)
beʼatsįʼ (third-person)
yeʼatsįʼ (fourth-person)
hweʼatsįʼ (fourth-person)
atsįʼ (indefinite)

From Proto-Athabaskan *tsənʸ (“flesh, meat”). Cognate with Ket ись.

sheʼatsįʼ

sitsįʼ


naadą́ą́ʼ

/nɑ̀ːtɑ̃́ːʔ/

From anaaʼ (“alien, enemy”) + dą́ą́ʼ (“food”), literally “enemy's food”, referring to the introduction of corn into the Navajo diet from Pueblo peoples, with whom early Navajos were often in conflict.


naaʼołí

naaʼoł (“it droops down”) + -í (nominalizer)


abeʼ yistiní

abeʼ (“milk”) + yistin (“it is frozen”) + -í (nominalizer)

Ákweʼé abeʼ yistiní nidahaniih


abeʼ bee neezmasí

abeʼ (“milk”) + bee (“by means of it”) + neezmas (“it gets round”) + -í (nominalizer)


chʼiyáán

chʼiyąʼ (possessed-form)
shichʼiyąʼ (first-person singular)
nihichʼiyąʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihichʼiyąʼ (first-person plural)
nichʼiyąʼ (second-person singular)
nihichʼiyąʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihichʼiyąʼ (plural second-person)
bichʼiyąʼ (third-person)
yichʼiyąʼ (fourth-person)
hachʼiyąʼ (fourth-person)
achʼiyąʼ (indefinite)

Díí chʼiyáán ayóo áhálniih lá.

Shimá sání bichʼiyąʼ bíhásááh.


chʼil łichxíʼí

chʼil (“plant, vegetable”) + łichxíʼí (“red”)


tsísʼná bitłʼizh

tsísʼná (“honey bee”) + bitłʼizh (“its bile”)


ałchʼįʼ beʼestłʼóní

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ałchʼįʼ beʼestłʼóní

ałchʼįʼ (“together”) + beʼeshtłʼǫ́ (“to tie it, tie a knot in it”) + -í (nominalizer)


tązhii

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

Tązhii bitsįʼ náʼáshdį́įhgo bił nánísdziih.


neeshchʼííʼ

shineeshchʼííʼ (first-person singular)
nihineeshchʼííʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihineeshchʼííʼ (first-person plural)
nineeshchʼííʼ (second-person singular)
nihineeshchʼííʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihineeshchʼííʼ (plural second-person)
bineeshchʼííʼ (third-person)
yineeshchʼííʼ (fourth-person)
haneeshchʼííʼ (fourth-person)
aneeshchʼííʼ (indefinite)

/nèːʃt͡ʃʼíːʔ/

(singular or plural) nut (can refer to nuts in general, but this term is not exactly equivalent to the English word "nut" because one cannot call any particular kind of nut a neeshchʼííʼ unless it is a pine nut; other types of nuts have their own names.)


neeshchʼíínímazí

/nèːʃt͡ʃʼíːnɪ́mɑ̀zɪ́/

neeshchʼííʼ (“pine nut”) + nímaz (“it is round”) + -í (nominalizer)


chʼil

annual plant, weed, vegetable, vegetation


bisóodi bitsįʼ niheeshchʼiizhígíí

bisóodi (“pig”) + bitsįʼ (“its flesh”) + niheeshchʼiizh (“it was sawed up”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


bisóodi bitsįʼ yikʼánígíí

bisóodi (“hog”) + bitsįʼ (“its meat”), from atsįʼ (“meat, flesh”) + yikʼánígíí (“which is ground”)


bisóodi bitsįʼ

bisóodi (“hog”) + bitsįʼ (“its meat”), from atsįʼ (“meat, flesh”)


binááʼ

shinááʼ (first-person singular)
nihinááʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihinááʼ (first-person plural)
ninááʼ (second-person singular)
nihinááʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihinááʼ (plural second-person)
binááʼ (third-person)
yinááʼ (fourth-person)
hanááʼ (fourth-person)
anááʼ (indefinite)

bi- (“his, her, their, its”) + anááʼ (“eye, seed”)

its seed (plant seed, seeds of trees other than fruit trees)

kʼeelyéí

seeds of cultivated plants such as corn, grain, garden crops


tłʼohchin díchʼííʼí

tłʼohchin (“onion”) + díchʼííʼ (“it is hot, piquant”) + -í (nominalizer)


doolghas

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

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

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


bisóodi bijáád

bisóodi (“pig”) + bijáád (“its leg”), from ajáád (“leg”)


atsooʼ

tsó- (in-compounds)
sitsooʼ (first-person singular)
nihitsooʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitsooʼ (first-person plural)
nitsooʼ (second-person singular)
nihitsooʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitsooʼ (plural second-person)
bitsooʼ (third-person)
yitsooʼ (fourth-person)
hatsooʼ (fourth-person)
atsooʼ (indefinite)


naaʼahóóhai bichʼííʼ

naaʼahóóhai (“chicken”) + bi- (“its”) + achʼííʼ (“guts”)


hazaʼaleehtsoh

From hazaʼaleeh (“herb”) + -tsoh (“big”).

wide-wing springparsley (Vesper purpurascens, syn. Cymopterus purpurascens)

Apium graveolens
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bisóodi ałchiní

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


azeeniłchin

Literally, a (medicinal) herb which has an odor, from azeeʼ (“medicine”) + niłchin (“it has an odor”, neuter imperfective)


tłʼoh naadą́ą́ʼ

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tłʼoh naadą́ą́ʼ

From tłʼoh (“grass, straw”) + naadą́ą́ʼ (“maize”)


azeedíchʼííʼ

/ʔàzèːtɪ́t͡ʃʼíːʔ/

azeeʼ (“medicine”) + díchʼííʼ (“hot, piquant”)

af

azeedíchʼííʼ daaltsogo ayóo dadíchʼíʼígíí


ábishjaaʼ

chʼosh doo yitʼíinii dláádí dóó ábishjaaʼ


naadą́ą́ʼ dootłʼizhí

From naadą́ą́ʼ (“maize”) + dootłʼizh (“it is blue”) + -í (nominalizer)

gruel, blue corn mush (made from ground blue maize/blue cornmeal)


waaʼ

Navajo spinach, beeweed (Cleome serrulata)


naaʼahóóhai

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


achʼííʼ

shichʼííʼ (first-person singular)
nihichʼííʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihichʼííʼ (first-person plural)
nichʼííʼ (second-person singular)
nihichʼííʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihichʼííʼ (plural second-person)
bichʼííʼ (third-person)
yichʼííʼ (fourth-person)
hachʼííʼ (fourth-person)
achʼííʼ (indefinite)

/ʔɑ̀t͡ʃʼíːʔ/

Possibly from the root -CHʼÍÍʼ (“to burn, be hot, spicy”).


yiyą́

yishą́ (first-person imperfective singular)
yiidą́ (duoplural first-person imperfective)
deiidą́ (first-person imperfective plural)
niyą́ (imperfective second-person singular)
wohsą́ (duoplural imperfective second-person)
daohsą́ (imperfective plural second-person)
yiyą́ (duoplural imperfective singular third-person)
deiyą́ (imperfective plural third-person)
jiyą́ (duoplural fourth-person imperfective singular)
dajiyą́ (fourth-person imperfective plural)
yíyą́ą́ʼ (first-person perfective singular)
yiidą́ą́ʼ (duoplural first-person perfective)
deiidą́ą́ʼ (first-person perfective plural)
yíníyą́ą́ʼ (perfective second-person singular)
wooyą́ą́ʼ (duoplural perfective second-person)
daooyą́ą́ʼ (perfective plural second-person)
yiyííyą́ą́ʼ (duoplural perfective singular third-person)
dayííyą́ą́ʼ (perfective plural third-person)
jííyą́ą́ʼ (duoplural fourth-person perfective singular)
dajííyą́ą́ʼ (fourth-person perfective plural)
deeshį́į́ł (first-person future singular)
diidį́į́ł (duoplural first-person future)
dadiidį́į́ł (first-person future plural)
dííyį́į́ł (future second-person singular)
doohsį́į́ł (duoplural future second-person)
dadoohsį́į́ł (future plural second-person)
yidooyį́į́ł (duoplural future singular third-person)
deidooyį́į́ł (future plural third-person)
jidooyį́į́ł (duoplural fourth-person future singular)
dazhdooyį́į́ł (fourth-person future plural)

y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -yą́ (durative imperfective stem of root -YĄ́Ą́ʼ, “to eat”).

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

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


taaʼniil

abínídą́ą́ʼ taaʼniil shéłbéézh


díkʼǫ́ǫ́zh

di- (“sensory”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼǫ́ǫ́zh (neuter perfective stem of root -KʼǪSH, “to be sour, spoiled”).

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

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


łeeʼshibéézh

łeeʼ (“in the ground”) + shibéézh (“it is cooked”)

chicos (the kernels of an ear of corn that has been roasted and dried, then the kernels removed and stored until cooking time)


naadą́ą́ʼ dilchxoshí

naadą́ą́ʼ (“corn”) + dilchxosh (“effervesce, pop”) + -í (nominalizer)


dáʼákaz bitooʼ

From dáʼákaz (“cornstalk”) + bitooʼ (“its juice”)


ayą́

ashą́ (first-person imperfective singular)
iidą́ (duoplural first-person imperfective)
daʼiidą́ (first-person imperfective plural)
íyą́ (imperfective second-person singular)
ohsą́ (duoplural imperfective second-person)
daʼohsą́ (imperfective plural second-person)
ayą́ (duoplural imperfective singular third-person)
daʼayą́ (imperfective plural third-person)
ajiyą́ (duoplural fourth-person imperfective singular)
daʼjiyą́ (fourth-person imperfective plural)
ííyą́ą́ʼ (first-person perfective singular)
iidą́ą́ʼ (duoplural first-person perfective)
daʼiidą́ą́ʼ (first-person perfective plural)
ííníyą́ą́ʼ (perfective second-person singular)
ooyą́ą́ʼ (duoplural perfective second-person)
daʼooyą́ą́ʼ (perfective plural second-person)
ííyą́ą́ʼ (duoplural perfective singular third-person)
daʼííyą́ą́ʼ (perfective plural third-person)
ajííyą́ą́ʼ (duoplural fourth-person perfective singular)
daʼjííyą́ą́ʼ (fourth-person perfective plural)
adeeshį́į́ł (first-person future singular)
adiidį́į́ł (duoplural first-person future)
daʼdiidį́į́ł (first-person future plural)
adííyį́į́ł (future second-person singular)
adoohsį́į́ł (duoplural future second-person)
daʼdoohsį́į́ł (future plural second-person)
adooyį́į́ł (duoplural future singular third-person)
daʼdooyį́į́ł (future plural third-person)
azhdooyį́į́ł (duoplural fourth-person future singular)
dazhʼdooyį́į́ł (fourth-person future plural)

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -yą́ (durative imperfective stem of root -YĄ́Ą́ʼ, “to eat”).

nv-prefixes

Shí dóó Jáan baʼáłchíní éí Mary bighandi daʼiidą́

John’s children and I are eating at Mary’s house.


tséʼástʼéí

piki, Indian paper cornbread, a paper-thin, dry, rolled bread made with nixtamalized blue corn meal, adopted from the Hopi.


náneeskaadítéél

náneeskaadí (“tortilla”) + -téél (imperfective verb stem, to be wide); compare niteel.


bááh nímazí

bááh ("bread") + nímaz ("it is round") + -í (nominalizer)


náneeskaadí

náneeskaad (“it was patted, slapped”) + -í (nominalizer)


yiyání

From yiyą́ (“he eats it”) + -í (nominalizer).


atooʼ

a- (neutral possessive pronoun) + tó (“water”)


chiiłchin

tsi- (combining form of tsin, “wood”) + -łchin (“smells like”), from -ł- (classifier) + -chą́ą́ʼ (perfective stem meaning “smell”, “odor”)


łeesʼáán

łeezh (“ground, ashes”) + siʼą́ (“it sits”) + -n- (ligature) + -í (nominalizer)

bread (a type made from maize, and baked in ashes or in an outdoor oven)


naadą́ą́ʼ łeesʼáán

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naadą́ą́ʼ łeesʼáán

From naadą́ą́ʼ (“maize”) + łeesʼáán (“bread”)


bááh łikaní bigháhoodzání

bááh (“bread”) + łikan (“sweet”) + -í (nominalizer) + bighá (“through it”) + hoodzą́ (“there is a hole”) + -í (nominalizer).

Bááh łikaní bigháhoodzání hólǫ́ǫ́góó díínááł dóó ahwééh bił díídlį́į́ł!

Go to a place that has doughnuts and have it with coffee!


neeshjįzhii

shelled and dried łeeʼshibéézh (corn that has been roasted and steamed in its husk)


dííkʼǫsh

From the perfective 3sg of dikʼǫsh (“to be sour, spoiled”).


ałkʼíniilgizh

jerky (thin strips of meat dried and preserved by exposure to the sun)


achʼííʼ yázhí

achʼííʼ yázhí

Compound of achʼííʼ (“sausage”) + yázhí (“small”).