his

shihis (first-person singular)
nihihis (duoplural first-person)
danihihis (first-person plural)
nihis (second-person singular)
nihihis (duoplural second-person)
danihihis (plural second-person)
bihis (third-person)
yihis (fourth-person)
hahis (fourth-person)
ahis (indefinite)


siil

shiziil (first-person singular)
nihiziil (duoplural first-person)
danihiziil (first-person plural)
niziil (second-person singular)
nihiziil (duoplural second-person)
danihiziil (plural second-person)
biziil (third-person)
yiziil (fourth-person)
haziil (fourth-person)
aziil (indefinite)


tó

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tó (possessed form -toʼ, prefixal form tá-, distributive plural daató)

-toʼ (possessed-form)
daató (distributive plural)
shitoʼ (first-person singular)
nihitoʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitoʼ (first-person plural)
nitoʼ (second-person singular)
nihitoʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitoʼ (plural second-person)
bitoʼ (third-person)
yitoʼ (fourth-person)
hatoʼ (fourth-person)
atoʼ (indefinite)

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ (“water”). Cognates include Western Apache tú and Chiricahua tú.

Shí éí tó tʼéiyá bee danihisį́į́h ńtʼééʼ; ndi bí tʼéí Níłchʼi Diyinii yee danihisį́įh dooleeł.

1985, Diyin God Bizaad: The Holy Bible in Navajo, Mark 1:8:

I indeed have baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

Tó éí iiná átʼé.


óola

Borrowed from Spanish hora (“hour, o'clock”).


łeetsoh

From łeezh (“soil, dirt”) + łitso (“yellow”).


dilyį́hí

Literally, the one that can be melted. From dilyį́h (“to be meltable”) + -í (nominalizer)


ahwééh

From Spanish café. Doublet of gohwééh. False cognate of South Levantine Arabic قهوة ('ahwe).


abeʼ

shibeʼ (first-person singular)
nihibeʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihibeʼ (first-person plural)
nibeʼ (second-person singular)
nihibeʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihibeʼ (plural second-person)
bibeʼ (third-person)
yibeʼ (fourth-person)
habeʼ (fourth-person)
abeʼ (indefinite)
sheʼabeʼ (first-person singular)
niheʼabeʼ (duoplural first-person)
daniheʼabeʼ (first-person plural)
neʼabeʼ (second-person singular)
niheʼabeʼ (duoplural second-person)
daniheʼabeʼ (plural second-person)
beʼabeʼ (third-person)
yeʼabeʼ (fourth-person)
hweʼabeʼ (fourth-person)
abeʼ (indefinite)

a- (3rd-person indefinite possessive pronoun) + -beʼ (stem)

sheʼabeʼ

shibeʼ


łeetsoii

From łeezh (“soil, dirt”) + łitso (“yellow”) + -ii (nominalizer).


béésh

bibéézh (possessed-form)
shibéézh (first-person singular)
nihibéézh (duoplural first-person)
danihibéézh (first-person plural)
nibéézh (second-person singular)
nihibéézh (duoplural second-person)
danihibéézh (plural second-person)
bibéézh (third-person)
yibéézh (fourth-person)
habéézh (fourth-person)
abéézh (indefinite)

(by extension) census number, numeric code


béésh tózháanii

From béésh (“metal”) and tózháán (“thin, as a batter”).


chʼil gohwéhí

chʼil (“plant, vegetable”) + gohwééh (“coffee”), from English coffee

af

tea, especially Navajo tea (Thelesperma spp.), wild tea


łid

bilid (possessed-form)
shilid (first-person singular)
nihilid (duoplural first-person)
danihilid (first-person plural)
nilid (second-person singular)
nihilid (duoplural second-person)
danihilid (plural second-person)
bilid (third-person)
yilid (fourth-person)
halid (fourth-person)
alid (indefinite)

From the root -LID (“to burn”), from Proto-Athabaskan *łəd (“smoke”). Cognate with Tsuut'ina tłi, Chipewyan łʊr, Beaver łʊd, Carrier łʊd, Sekani łʊd, Ahtna łet.


bizhééʼ hólóní

bizhééʼ (“his saliva”), from azhééʼ (“saliva”) + hólóní (“the one that has”), from hólǫ́ (“there is”) + -í (nominalizer)


tłah

From the root -TŁAH (“to grease, to anoint”), from Proto-Athabaskan *tłɑɣ̇ (“to grease”).


dił

shidił (first-person singular)
nihidił (duoplural first-person)
danihidił (first-person plural)
nidił (second-person singular)
nihidił (duoplural second-person)
danihidił (plural second-person)
bidił (third-person)
yidił (fourth-person)
hadił (fourth-person)
adił (indefinite)

Dił ayóó áhálniih!


béésh áłtsʼózí

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béésh áłtsʼózí

béésh (“metal”) + áłtsʼózí (“it is narrow”)


béésh łichíiʼii

From béésh (“metal”) + łichííʼ (“it is red”) + -ii (nominalizer).


béésh ászólí

From béésh (“metal”) + ászólí (“light”).


béésh dildǫʼí

béésh (“metal”) + dildǫʼ (“tinkling”) + -í (nominalizer)


níłchʼi yáʼátʼéehii

From níłchʼi (“air”) + yáʼátʼééh (“good”) + -ii (nominalizer).


béésh łikoní

From béésh (“metal”) and łikon (“flammable”).


háájiʼjin

/hɑ́ːt͡ʃɪ̀ʔt͡ʃɪ̀n/


níłchʼi ászólí

From níłchʼi (“gas”) + ászólí (“light”).


béésh łibáhí

béésh (“metal”) + łibá (“it is gray”) + -í (nominalizer)


béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii

béésh (“metal”) + doo (“not”) + ńdiniichxiiʼ (“it is rusty”) + -ii (nominalizer)


łizh

shilizh (first-person singular)
nihilizh (duoplural first-person)
danihilizh (first-person plural)
nilizh (second-person singular)
nihilizh (duoplural second-person)
danihilizh (plural second-person)
bilizh (third-person)
yilizh (fourth-person)
halizh (fourth-person)
alizh (indefinite)


béésh łitsoii

béésh (“metal”) + łitso (“it is yellow”) + -ii (nominalizer)


tódiłhił

tó (“water”) + diłhił (“it causes dizziness”)


wáán

Borrowed from English wine, from Middle English win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.


chʼilátah baa hózhónii bijeeh

chʼilátah baa hózhónii (“flower”) + bijeeh (“its resin”)


naakai binátʼoh

From Naakaii (“Mexicans”) + binátʼoh (“their drug”).


azeeʼ

sheʼazeʼ (first-person singular)
niheʼazeʼ (duoplural first-person)
daniheʼazeʼ (first-person plural)
neʼazeʼ (second-person singular)
niheʼazeʼ (duoplural second-person)
daniheʼazeʼ (plural second-person)
beʼazeʼ (third-person)
yeʼazeʼ (fourth-person)
hweʼazeʼ (fourth-person)
azeʼ (indefinite)

(medicine) medicine, drug, pharmaceutical


atsiitsʼiin dinih azeeʼ

atsiitsʼiin (“head”) + diniih (“pain”) + azeeʼ (“medicine”)


gohwééh

Ńdiiʼnééh! ʼAhwééh łaʼ nidlą́!

Gohwééh éí shił łikan.

Kʼad gohwééh łaʼ shaa níkaah!


chidí bitooʼ

Chidí bitooʼ iihnáshkaah


táłkááʼ

/tʰɑ́ɬkʰɑ́ːʔ/

From tá- (combining form of tó (“water”)) + -ł- (ligature) + bikááʼ (“on, upon”).


táłtłʼááh

From tá- (combining form of tó, “water”) + -ł- (ligature) + atłʼááh (“bottom”).


tó łichxíʼí

tó (“water”) + łichxííʼ (“to be orange, to be reddish orange”) + -í (nominalizing suffix)


tó łikaní

tó (“water”) + łikan (“it is tasty, it is sweet”) + -í (nominalizing suffix)


tó dilchxoshí

tó (“water”) + dilchxosh (“effervesce, pop”) + -í (nominalizer)


tó háálį́įgo bá hazʼą́

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tó háálį́įgo bá hazʼą́

tó (“water”) + háálį́ (“it flows up and out”) + -go (adverbial suffix) + bá (“for it”) + hazʼą́ (“there is space”)


tó háálínígi

tó (“water”) + háálį́ (“it flows up and out”) + -í (nominalizer) + -gi (“at”)


béésh náʼiiláhí

béésh (“metal”) + náʼiiláhí (“the one that collects things”)


adlą́

ashdlą́ (first-person imperfective singular)
iidlą́ (duoplural first-person imperfective)
daʼiidlą́ (first-person imperfective plural)
ídlą́ (imperfective second-person singular)
ohdlą́ (duoplural imperfective second-person)
daʼohdlą́ (imperfective plural second-person)
adlą́ (duoplural imperfective singular third-person)
daʼadlą́ (imperfective plural third-person)
ajidlą́ (duoplural fourth-person imperfective singular)
daʼjidlą́ (fourth-person imperfective plural)
eeshdlą́ą́ʼ (first-person perfective singular)
iidlą́ą́ʼ (duoplural first-person perfective)
daʼiidlą́ą́ʼ (first-person perfective plural)
íínídlą́ą́ʼ (perfective second-person singular)
oohdlą́ą́ʼ (duoplural perfective second-person)
daʼoohdlą́ą́ʼ (perfective plural second-person)
oodlą́ą́ʼ (duoplural perfective singular third-person)
daʼoodlą́ą́ʼ (perfective plural third-person)
ajoodlą́ą́ʼ (duoplural fourth-person perfective singular)
daʼjoodlą́ą́ʼ (fourth-person perfective plural)
adeeshdlį́į́ł (first-person future singular)
adiidlį́į́ł (duoplural first-person future)
daʼdiidlį́į́ł (first-person future plural)
adíídlį́į́ł (future second-person singular)
adoohdlį́į́ł (duoplural future second-person)
daʼdoohdlį́į́ł (future plural second-person)
adoodlį́į́ł (duoplural future singular third-person)
daʼdoodlį́į́ł (future plural third-person)
azhdoodlį́į́ł (duoplural fourth-person future singular)
dazhʼdoodlį́į́ł (fourth-person future plural)

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -dlą́ (imperfective stem of root -DLĄ́Ą́ʼ, “to drink”)

nowrap

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

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

he/she/it drinks something, gets a drink, gets drunk, takes a drink


Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí

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Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí

Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí


kʼaasdá

form bikʼaasdaʼ (possessive)
sikʼaasdaʼ (first-person singular)
nihikʼaasdaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihikʼaasdaʼ (first-person plural)
nikʼaasdaʼ (second-person singular)
nihikʼaasdaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihikʼaasdaʼ (plural second-person)
bikʼaasdaʼ (third-person)
yikʼaasdaʼ (fourth-person)
hakʼaasdaʼ (fourth-person)
akʼaasdaʼ (indefinite)


béésh ntłʼizígíí

béésh (“metal”) + ntłʼiz (“an object is hard”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


atooʼ

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


tó łikoní

[txʷó ɬìkxʷʰòní]

From tó (“water”) and łikon (“flammable”).


łeeyáán

Compound of łeezh (“soil”) + ayą́ (“it eats”).

(chemistry) alkali (class of caustic bases)


béésh ditʼódí

From béésh (“metal”) + ditʼódí (“soft”).


béésh adishahí

béésh (“metal”) + adishah (“it snags”) + -í (nominalizer).


béésh daʼahólzhaʼí

béésh (“metal”) + da- (plural marker) + ahólzhaʼ (“it is hooked one to another”) + -í (nominalizer)

béésh ahólzhaʼí yee dah yiyiiztłʼǫ́


shééʼ

shizhééʼ (first-person singular)
nihizhééʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihizhééʼ (first-person plural)
nizhééʼ (second-person singular)
nihizhééʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihizhééʼ (plural second-person)
bizhééʼ (third-person)
yizhééʼ (fourth-person)
hazhééʼ (fourth-person)
azhééʼ (indefinite)


tódááʼ

Compound of tó (“water”) + adááʼ (“edge, lip”).


anádił

Compound of anááʼ (“eye”) + dił (“blood”).


azahdił

Compound of azééʼ (“mouth”) + dił (“blood”).


anéʼédił

Compound of ánííʼ (“nose, nostrils”) + dił (“blood”).


bééshtłʼééł

Compound of béésh (“metal”) + tłʼééł (“igniter”).


níłchʼi díílidígíí

From níłchʼi (“air”) + díílid (“it has burned”, from -LID, “to burn”) + -ígíí (nominalizer). Literally, the air that has burned.


adiłidí

From adiłid (“it burns things”, from -LID, “to burn”) + -í (nominalizer). Literally, the one which burns things.


bee akʼeʼelchíhí tóhígíí

From bee akʼeʼelchíhí (“pen, pencil, chalk”) + tóhígíí, formed from tó (“water”) + -h- (ligature) + -ígíí (nominalizer)