óola

Borrowed from Spanish oro (“gold”). Spanish (and Italian) cards traditionally had chalices, gold coins (instead of diamonds), swords, and batons.


alzhish

ashzhish (first-person imperfective singular)
iilzhish (duoplural first-person imperfective)
daʼiilzhish (first-person imperfective plural)
ílzhish (imperfective second-person singular)
ołzhish (duoplural imperfective second-person)
daʼołzhish (imperfective plural second-person)
alzhish (duoplural imperfective singular third-person)
daʼalzhish (imperfective plural third-person)
ajilzhish (duoplural fourth-person imperfective singular)
daʼjilzhish (fourth-person imperfective plural)
eeshzhiizh (first-person perfective singular)
iilzhiizh (duoplural first-person perfective)
daʼiilzhiizh (first-person perfective plural)
íínílzhiizh (perfective second-person singular)
oołzhiizh (duoplural perfective second-person)
daʼoołzhiizh (perfective plural second-person)
oolzhiizh (duoplural perfective singular third-person)
daʼoolzhiizh (perfective plural third-person)
ajoolzhiizh (duoplural fourth-person perfective singular)
daʼjoolzhiizh (fourth-person perfective plural)
adeeshzhish (first-person future singular)
adiilzhish (duoplural first-person future)
daʼdiilzhish (first-person future plural)
adíílzhish (future second-person singular)
adoołzhish (duoplural future second-person)
daʼdoołzhish (future plural second-person)
adoolzhish (duoplural future singular third-person)
daʼdoolzhish (future plural third-person)
azhdoolzhish (duoplural fourth-person future singular)
dazhʼdoolzhish (fourth-person future plural)
náʼáshzhish (first-person singular)
náʼiilzhish (duoplural first-person)
nádaʼiilzhish (first-person plural)
náʼílzhish (second-person singular)
náʼołzhish (duoplural second-person)
nádaʼołzhish (plural second-person)
náʼálzhish (duoplural singular third-person)
nádaʼalzhish (plural third-person)
ńʼjílzhish (duoplural fourth-person singular)
nádaʼjilzhish (fourth-person plural)

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -zhish (imperfective stem of root -ZHIIZH, “to poke, move rhythmically”).

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

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


nił

shił (first-person singular)
nihił (duoplural first-person)
nił (second-person singular)
nihił (duoplural second-person)
bił (third-person)
yił (fourth-person)
hił (fourth-person)
ił (fourth-person singular)
ádił (reflexive singular)
ahił (duoplural reciprocal)


nił

From -nił (“to pound”), from + -neʼ (imperfective stem of root -NEʼ, “to propel a solid roundish object”).

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

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


beeʼeldǫǫh

shibeeʼeldǫǫh (first-person singular)
nihibeeʼeldǫǫh (duoplural first-person)
danihibeeʼeldǫǫh (first-person plural)
nibeeʼeldǫǫh (second-person singular)
nihibeeʼeldǫǫh (duoplural second-person)
danihibeeʼeldǫǫh (plural second-person)
bibeeʼeldǫǫh (third-person)
yibeeʼeldǫǫh (fourth-person)
habeeʼeldǫǫh (fourth-person)
abeeʼeldǫǫh (indefinite)

Literally, “an explosion is made with it”. Compare bee.

beeʼeldǫǫh tʼáá bíniʼdii bikʼa ádiih yiyiinííłígíí

chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí

chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí


naʼazhǫǫsh

na- (“round about”) + ʼa- (“something, someone”, 3rd person indefinite objective-subject pronoun) + -zhǫǫsh (“to play the hoop-and-pole game”, imperfective stem). Compare Chipewyan thųth (“spear”)


naʼałkaahí

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


beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh

From beeʼeldǫǫh (“gun”) + -tsoh (“big”).


tó doo bidééłníní

tó (“water”) + doo (“not”) + bidééłní (“will have an effect on”) + -í (nominalizer)


chʼiyáán ííłʼíní

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chʼiyáán ííłʼíní

chʼiyáán ííłʼíní

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


tsé

sitseʼ (first-person singular)
nihitseʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihitseʼ (first-person plural)
nitseʼ (second-person singular)
nihitseʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihitseʼ (plural second-person)
bitseʼ (third-person)
yitseʼ (fourth-person)
hatseʼ (fourth-person)
atseʼ (indefinite)

From Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Na-Dene *caj. Cognates include Western Apache tséé and Chiricahua tsé and possibly Ket ты’сь.


chizh

Cognate with Western Apache chizh, Chipewyan tsez, Beaver chvch, Carrier tsez, Sekani tsvz, Ahtna tsets.

wood, log, firewood, kindling, dead wood


alzhishí

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


jooł nikídílniihí

jooł (“ball”) + nikídílniih (“it is dribbled”) + -í (nominalizer)


tsénił

tsé (“stone”) + -nił (“to pound”), from + -neʼ (imperfective stem of root -NEʼ, “to propel a solid roundish object”). See nił.


beeʼódleehí

bee (“by means of it”) + ódleeh (“to trap”) + -í (nominalizer)


naalté

shinaalteʼ (first-person singular)
nihinaalteʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihinaalteʼ (first-person plural)
ninaalteʼ (second-person singular)
nihinaalteʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihinaalteʼ (plural second-person)
binaalteʼ (third-person)
yinaalteʼ (fourth-person)
hanaalteʼ (fourth-person)
anaalteʼ (indefinite)


naatʼáanii

/naː˨tʼaː˦˨niː˨/

NihiNaatʼáanii Barack Obama éí Wááshindoondi Alą́ąjįʼ dahsidáhígíí yá yilwoł.

President Barack Obama is running for President.


bááh ííłʼíní

bááh ííłʼíní

bááh ííłʼíní

From bááh (“bread”) + ííłʼį́ (“he/she makes it”) + -n- (ligature) + -í (nominalizer)


ééʼ neishoodii

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


hataałii

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


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beeʼeldǫǫh tʼáá bíniʼdii bikʼa ádiih yiyiinííłígíí


eʼelyaaígíí

From eʼelyaa (“photograph”) + -ígíí (nominalizer).

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the photograph, the picture, the replica, the image (definitive form of eʼelyaa)


béésh astʼogii

From béésh (“flint”) + astʼod (“stuck in something”) + -g- (ligature) + -ii (nominalizing suffix).


tó doo bináká nílíní

tó (“water”) + doo (“not”) + bináká (“through it”) + nílį́ (“it flows”) + -í (nominalizer)

Díí bee adlání tó doo bináká nílíní bee ályaa


łeetsʼaaʼ

biłeetsʼaʼ (possessed-form)
shiłeetsʼaʼ (first-person singular)
nihiłeetsʼaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihiłeetsʼaʼ (first-person plural)
niłeetsʼaʼ (second-person singular)
nihiłeetsʼaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihiłeetsʼaʼ (plural second-person)
biłeetsʼaʼ (third-person)
yiłeetsʼaʼ (fourth-person)
hałeetsʼaʼ (fourth-person)
ałeetsʼaʼ (indefinite)

łeezh (“soil, earth”) + tsʼaaʼ (“basket”)


naabé

naashbé (first-person imperfective singular)
neiibé (duoplural first-person imperfective)
nideiibé (first-person imperfective plural)
nanibé (imperfective second-person singular)
naahbé (duoplural imperfective second-person)
nidaahbé (imperfective plural second-person)
naabé (duoplural imperfective singular third-person)
nidaabé (imperfective plural third-person)
nijibé (duoplural fourth-person imperfective singular)
nidajibé (fourth-person imperfective plural)
nisébį́į́ʼ (first-person perfective singular)
nisiibį́į́ʼ (duoplural first-person perfective)
nidasiibį́į́ʼ (first-person perfective plural)
nisíníbį́į́ʼ (perfective second-person singular)
nisoobį́į́ʼ (duoplural perfective second-person)
nidasoobį́į́ʼ (perfective plural second-person)
naazbį́į́ʼ (duoplural perfective singular third-person)
nidaazbį́į́ʼ (perfective plural third-person)
nijizbį́į́ʼ (duoplural fourth-person perfective singular)
nidajizbį́į́ʼ (fourth-person perfective plural)
ndeeshbeeł (first-person future singular)
ndiibeeł (duoplural first-person future)
ndadiibeeł (first-person future plural)
ndííbeeł (future second-person singular)
ndoohbeeł (duoplural future second-person)
ndadoohbeeł (future plural second-person)
ndoobeeł (duoplural future singular third-person)
ndadoobeeł (future plural third-person)
nizhdoobeeł (duoplural fourth-person future singular)
ndazhdoobeeł (fourth-person future plural)

na- (atelic, circuital) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -bé (continuative imperfective stem of root -BĮ́Į́ʼ, “to swim”).

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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)


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)


jooł yitalí

jooł (“ball”) + yital (“it is kicked”) + -í (nominalizer)

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Jooł yitalí yee nidaané

Dallas éí Giants yikʼijįʼ nidaanéego jooł yitalí yee nidaanéé ńtʼééʼ

Dallas played football against the Giants.

Jooł Yitalíjí Akéeʼdi Ahąąh Honinééhígíí


binantʼaʼí

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binantʼaʼí (possessed form of naatʼáanii)


kʼaaʼ

bikʼaʼ (possessed-form)
shikʼaʼ (first-person singular)
nihikʼaʼ (duoplural first-person)
danihikʼaʼ (first-person plural)
nikʼaʼ (second-person singular)
nihikʼaʼ (duoplural second-person)
danihikʼaʼ (plural second-person)
bikʼaʼ (third-person)
yikʼaʼ (fourth-person)
hakʼaʼ (fourth-person)
akʼaʼ (indefinite)

From Proto-Athabaskan *-q’aʔ, cognates include Western Apache kʼaaʼ and Chipewyan k’á.


hashkééjí naatʼááh

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


neeznáá dah yíjihí

(card games) Navajo tens (a popular card game similar to gin rummy)


akałii

/ʔɑ̀kʰɑ̀ɬìː/

akał (“leather”) + -ii (nominalizing suffix)


atsʼos bee alzhishí

atsʼos (“feather”) + bee (“by means of it”) + alzhish (“he dances”) + -í (nominalizer)

atsʼos bee alzhishí baa naʼaldeeh

atsʼos yee alzhishí


dóola bił naalgeedígíí

dóola (“bull”) + bił (“with it”) + naalgeed (“it bucks”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


ahóóhai

Shortening of naaʼahóóhai (“rodeo”), which referred to the popular chicken-pull, a Native-American contest in horsemanship in which the rider tries at full gallop to snatch up a half-buried chicken.

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


bił ńdaʼalgeedgo náyiiláhígíí

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)


łį́į́ʼ tʼáá dilkǫǫhgo naalgeedígíí

łį́į́ʼ (“horse”) + tʼáá (“just”) + dilkǫǫh (“smooth”, in reference to saddle-less) + -go (adverbial marker) + naalgeed (“it bucks”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


łį́į́ʼ bikʼídahaznilgo naalgeedígíí

łį́į́ʼ (“horse”) + bikʼídahaznil (“things are set on it”) (bikʼí (“on it”) + da- (“plural marker”) + ha- (“up”) + -z- (“deictic pronoun”) + -nil (“several objects are handled, perfective stem”)) + -go (adverbial marker) + naalgeed (“it bucks”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


béégashii ałtsʼą́ą́ʼ wódleehígíí

béégashii (“cow”) + ałtsʼą́ą́ʼ (“in opposite directions”) + wódleeh (“it is roped”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


béégashii yáázh wódleehígíí

béégashii (“cow”) + yáázh (“little”) + wódleeh (“it is roped”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


dóola naalgeedígíí

dóola (“bull”) + naalgeed (“it bucks”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


tóshjeeh binaago łį́į́ʼ náádadiilwoʼígíí

tóshjeeh (“water barrel”) + binaa (“around it”) + -go (adverbial marker) + łį́į́ʼ (“horse”) + náádadiilwoʼ (“they run around”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


béégashii bikʼos náágisgo neheʼníłígíí

béégashii (“cow”) + bikʼos (“its neck”) + náágisgo (“it is turned”) + neheʼníł (“it is taken down”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


béégashii yáázh tʼóó yisdlohígíí

béégashii (“cow”) + yáázh (“little”) + tʼóó (“merely, just”) + yisdloh (“it is roped”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)


azeeʼííłʼíní

azeeʼííłʼíní

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


daanéʼé

chidí daanéʼé

hooghan daanéʼé

mósí bidaanéʼé


naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼ

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naʼashkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (first-person imperfective singular)
naʼiilkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (duoplural first-person imperfective)
ndaʼiilkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (first-person imperfective plural)
naʼíłkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (imperfective second-person singular)
naʼołkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (duoplural imperfective second-person)
ndaʼołkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (imperfective plural second-person)
naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (duoplural imperfective singular third-person)
ndaʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (imperfective plural third-person)
nʼjiłkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (duoplural fourth-person imperfective singular)
ndaʼjiłkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (fourth-person imperfective plural)
niʼséłkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (first-person perfective singular)
niʼsiilkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (duoplural first-person perfective)
ndaʼsiilkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (first-person perfective plural)
niʼsíníłkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (perfective second-person singular)
niʼsoołkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (duoplural perfective second-person)
ndaʼsoołkǫ́ǫ́ʼ (perfective plural second-person)
naʼaskǫ́ǫ́ʼ (duoplural perfective singular third-person)
ndaʼaskǫ́ǫ́ʼ (perfective plural third-person)
nʼjiskǫ́ǫ́ʼ (duoplural fourth-person perfective singular)
ndaʼjiskǫ́ǫ́ʼ (fourth-person perfective plural)
nʼdeeshkǫǫł (first-person future singular)
nʼdiilkǫǫł (duoplural first-person future)
ndaʼdiilkǫǫł (first-person future plural)
nʼdííłkǫǫł (future second-person singular)
nʼdoołkǫǫł (duoplural future second-person)
ndaʼdoołkǫǫł (future plural second-person)
nʼdoołkǫǫł (duoplural future singular third-person)
ndaʼdoołkǫǫł (future plural third-person)
nizhʼdoołkǫǫł (duoplural fourth-person future singular)
ndazhʼdoołkǫǫł (fourth-person future plural)

na- (atelic, circuital) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, thematic) + -kǫ́ǫ́ʼ (continuative imperfective stem of root -KǪ́Ǫ́’, “to swim”).

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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

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wótááhgóó ałnááʼáłtʼahí

wótááhgóó ałnááʼáłtʼahí

nv:wótááhgóó ałnááʼáłtʼahí


ałtį́į́ʼ

sheʼałtį́į́ʼ (first-person singular)
niheʼałtį́į́ʼ (duoplural first-person)
daniheʼałtį́į́ʼ (first-person plural)
neʼałtį́į́ʼ (second-person singular)
niheʼałtį́į́ʼ (duoplural second-person)
daniheʼałtį́į́ʼ (plural second-person)
beʼałtį́į́ʼ (third-person)
yeʼałtį́į́ʼ (fourth-person)
hweʼałtį́į́ʼ (fourth-person)
ałtį́į́ʼ (indefinite)

sheʼałtį́į́ʼ


haigo ahąą honinééh

Olympic Winter Games
Olympic Winter Games


ahąą honinééh

Ahąą honinééhígíí éí London hoolyéedi baa naʼaldeeh


éélkid

Naʼníʼá Hótsaa hoolyéhígíí, chidí naatʼaʼídę́ę́ʼ éélkid

The place called Page, Arizona, photographed from an airplane.


naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼ yee ałhaʼdikááh

Ryan Lochte éí naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼ yee ałhaʼdikááh yee atah

Ryan Lochte is competing in the swimming event.

Naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼ yee ałhadidookah

Naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼ yee ałhadeeskai


biiʼndaʼaʼnéhé

biiʼ (“in, within”) + ndaané (“they are playing”), from naané (“he is playing”)

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Biiʼndaʼaʼnéhégóó deetʼáázh.


tsibąąs yee alzhishí

From tsibąąs (“hoop”) + yee (“wooden”) + alzhish (“he/she is dancing”) + -í (nominalizer)


alą́ąjįʼ dahsidáhígíí

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

Wááshindoon Alą́ąjįʼ Dahsidáhígíí


jooł nabíznítaałí

association football
association football


jooł yikalí

jooł (“ball”) + yikal (“it is swatted, batted”) + -í (nominalizer)


jooł iih nálniihí

jooł (“ball”) + iih (“into something”) + nálniih (“it is repeatedly tossed”) + -í (nominalizer)


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Jooł Yitalíjí Akéeʼdi Ahąąh Honinééhígíí

jooł yitalí (“football”) + -jí (on the side of) (=on the field of football) + akééʼ (“behind”) + -di (“at”) (=the final one) + ahąąh (“side-by-side”) + honinééh (“he competes”) + -ígíí (nominalizer) (=playing against one another)

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Jooł Yitalíjí Akéeʼdi Ahąąh Honinéehgo Łį́į́ʼ dóó Tábąąhdę́ę́ʼ Giní ałkʼijįʼ ndaané.

During the Super Bowl, the Broncos are playing against the Seahawks.


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


Adakai

From adikaʼí (“gambler, card player”), from adishkaʼ (“to play cards”), from adi- (prefix made of indefinite object pronoun ʼa- and di-, a thematic element in bases relating to adultery) + -kaʼ (continuous imperfective stem, to act in a manner involving flatness), + -í (nominalizer).


naalchiʼí

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


oołbįįh

ooshbįįh (first-person imperfective singular)
iiniilbįįh (duoplural first-person imperfective)
daʼiiniilbįįh (first-person imperfective plural)
iiniłbįįh (imperfective second-person singular)
iinołbįįh (duoplural imperfective second-person)
daʼiinołbįįh (imperfective plural second-person)
oołbįįh (duoplural imperfective singular third-person)
daʼoołbįįh (imperfective plural third-person)
ajoołbįįh (duoplural fourth-person imperfective singular)
daʼjoołbįįh (fourth-person imperfective plural)
iiséłbą́ (first-person perfective singular)
iisiilbą́ (duoplural first-person perfective)
daʼiisiilbą́ (first-person perfective plural)
iisíníłbą́ (perfective second-person singular)
iisoołbą́ (duoplural perfective second-person)
daʼiisoołbą́ (perfective plural second-person)
oosbą́ (duoplural perfective singular third-person)
daʼoosbą́ (perfective plural third-person)
ajoosbą́ (duoplural fourth-person perfective singular)
daʼjoosbą́ (fourth-person perfective plural)
iideeshbįįł (first-person future singular)
iidiilbįįł (duoplural first-person future)
daʼiidiilbįįł (first-person future plural)
iidííłbįįł (future second-person singular)
iidoołbįįł (duoplural future second-person)
daʼiidoołbįįł (future plural second-person)
iidoołbįįł (duoplural future singular third-person)
daʼiidoołbįįł (future plural third-person)
iizhdoołbįįł (duoplural fourth-person future singular)
daʼiizhdoołbįįł (fourth-person future plural)

he/she is winning (by chance), winning a card game, winning the jackpot


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


naabaahii

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


aghaʼdiitʼaahii

lawyer (professional person authorized to practice law), attorney


báasdos

Borrowed from Spanish bastos (“batons”). Spanish (and Italian) cards traditionally had chalices, gold coins, swords, and batons.


asbáala

Borrowed from Spanish espadas (“swords”). Spanish (and Italian) cards traditionally had chalices, gold coins, swords, and batons.


góobas

Borrowed from Spanish copas (“chalices”). Spanish (and Italian) cards traditionally had chalices, gold coins, swords, and batons.


hał

club (weapon used by Naayééʼ Neizghání to kill Fear)


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 (nominalizing suffix)


kéyah binantʼaʼí

From kéyah (“land, country”) + binantʼaʼí (“its supervisor”)

secretary of the interior (position in the United States government)