"łį́į́ʼ" meaning in Navajo

See łį́į́ʼ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɬĩ́ːʔ/
Etymology: Of the extant senses, “pet” is oldest; the original meaning, retained in Athabaskan cognates, was “dog”. Upon the reintroduction of the horse to North America, the Navajo language transferred the usage of łį́į́ʼ to the horse (which became the new favored "pet" in Navajo culture), with the dog being referred to by a derived term, łééchąąʼí (literally “shit pet”), i.e. pet which eats excrement. Compare Dogrib tłı̨ (“dog”). Etymology templates: {{m-g|pet}} “pet”, {{m-g|dog}} “dog”, {{cog|dgr|tłı̨||dog}} Dogrib tłı̨ (“dog”) Head templates: {{head|nv|noun|compound|łéʼé-, łéé-, łį́į́ʼ-|possessed form|bilį́į́ʼ}} łį́į́ʼ (compound łéʼé-, łéé-, łį́į́ʼ-, possessed form bilį́į́ʼ) Forms: łéʼé- [compound], łéé- [compound], łį́į́ʼ- [compound], bilį́į́ʼ [possessed-form], no-table-tags [table-tags], shilį́į́ʼ [first-person, singular], nihilį́į́ʼ [duoplural, first-person], danihilį́į́ʼ [first-person, plural], nilį́į́ʼ [second-person, singular], nihilį́į́ʼ [duoplural, second-person], danihilį́į́ʼ [plural, second-person], bilį́į́ʼ [third-person], yilį́į́ʼ [fourth-person], halį́į́ʼ [fourth-person], alį́į́ʼ [indefinite]
  1. pet
    Sense id: en-łį́į́ʼ-nv-noun-u7pXMY9x Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Equids Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Equids: 25 25 25 25
  2. livestock
    Sense id: en-łį́į́ʼ-nv-noun-~GAhry1O Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Equids Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Equids: 25 25 25 25
  3. horse
    Sense id: en-łį́į́ʼ-nv-noun-~WKGK23C Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Equids Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Equids: 25 25 25 25
  4. car
    Sense id: en-łį́į́ʼ-nv-noun-KylhpDGy Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Equids Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Equids: 25 25 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: łééchąąʼí (english: dog), łéʼéyázhí (english: colt), łį́į́ʼ bee (english: horseback), łį́į́ʼ bighan (english: corral), łį́į́ʼ bikąʼii (english: gelding), łį́į́ʼ bikeeʼ (english: horseshoe), łį́į́ʼ bikʼídahaznilgo naalgeedígíí, łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná (english: horsefly), łį́į́ʼ biyéél (english: saddle), łį́į́ʼ tʼáá dilkǫǫhgo naalgeedígíí, łį́į́ʼ yáshchʼį́į́d, łį́į́ʼkąʼii, łį́į́ʼtsaʼii (english: mare), táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ (english: seahorse), tééh łį́į́ʼ (english: zebra), tóshjeeh binaago łį́į́ʼ náádadiilwoʼígíí

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "dog",
      "word": "łééchąąʼí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "colt",
      "word": "łéʼéyázhí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "horseback",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ bee"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "corral",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ bighan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "gelding",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ bikąʼii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "horseshoe",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ bikeeʼ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ bikʼídahaznilgo naalgeedígíí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "horsefly",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "saddle",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ biyéél"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ tʼáá dilkǫǫhgo naalgeedígíí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ yáshchʼį́į́d"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼkąʼii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mare",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼtsaʼii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "seahorse",
      "word": "táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "zebra",
      "word": "tééh łį́į́ʼ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tóshjeeh binaago łį́į́ʼ náádadiilwoʼígíí"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pet"
      },
      "expansion": "“pet”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dog"
      },
      "expansion": "“dog”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dgr",
        "2": "tłı̨",
        "3": "",
        "4": "dog"
      },
      "expansion": "Dogrib tłı̨ (“dog”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of the extant senses, “pet” is oldest; the original meaning, retained in Athabaskan cognates, was “dog”. Upon the reintroduction of the horse to North America, the Navajo language transferred the usage of łį́į́ʼ to the horse (which became the new favored \"pet\" in Navajo culture), with the dog being referred to by a derived term, łééchąąʼí (literally “shit pet”), i.e. pet which eats excrement. Compare Dogrib tłı̨ (“dog”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "łéʼé-",
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "łéé-",
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "łį́į́ʼ-",
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilį́į́ʼ",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "compound",
        "4": "łéʼé-, łéé-, łį́į́ʼ-",
        "5": "possessed form",
        "6": "bilį́į́ʼ"
      },
      "expansion": "łį́į́ʼ (compound łéʼé-, łéé-, łį́į́ʼ-, possessed form bilį́į́ʼ)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Equids",
          "orig": "nv:Equids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pet"
      ],
      "id": "en-łį́į́ʼ-nv-noun-u7pXMY9x",
      "links": [
        [
          "pet",
          "pet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Equids",
          "orig": "nv:Equids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "livestock"
      ],
      "id": "en-łį́į́ʼ-nv-noun-~GAhry1O",
      "links": [
        [
          "livestock",
          "livestock"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Equids",
          "orig": "nv:Equids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "horse"
      ],
      "id": "en-łį́į́ʼ-nv-noun-~WKGK23C",
      "links": [
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Equids",
          "orig": "nv:Equids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "car"
      ],
      "id": "en-łį́į́ʼ-nv-noun-KylhpDGy",
      "links": [
        [
          "car",
          "car"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬĩ́ːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nv:łį́į́ʼ"
  ],
  "word": "łį́į́ʼ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Equids"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "dog",
      "word": "łééchąąʼí"
    },
    {
      "english": "colt",
      "word": "łéʼéyázhí"
    },
    {
      "english": "horseback",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ bee"
    },
    {
      "english": "corral",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ bighan"
    },
    {
      "english": "gelding",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ bikąʼii"
    },
    {
      "english": "horseshoe",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ bikeeʼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ bikʼídahaznilgo naalgeedígíí"
    },
    {
      "english": "horsefly",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná"
    },
    {
      "english": "saddle",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ biyéél"
    },
    {
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ tʼáá dilkǫǫhgo naalgeedígíí"
    },
    {
      "word": "łį́į́ʼ yáshchʼį́į́d"
    },
    {
      "word": "łį́į́ʼkąʼii"
    },
    {
      "english": "mare",
      "word": "łį́į́ʼtsaʼii"
    },
    {
      "english": "seahorse",
      "word": "táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ"
    },
    {
      "english": "zebra",
      "word": "tééh łį́į́ʼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "tóshjeeh binaago łį́į́ʼ náádadiilwoʼígíí"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pet"
      },
      "expansion": "“pet”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dog"
      },
      "expansion": "“dog”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dgr",
        "2": "tłı̨",
        "3": "",
        "4": "dog"
      },
      "expansion": "Dogrib tłı̨ (“dog”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of the extant senses, “pet” is oldest; the original meaning, retained in Athabaskan cognates, was “dog”. Upon the reintroduction of the horse to North America, the Navajo language transferred the usage of łį́į́ʼ to the horse (which became the new favored \"pet\" in Navajo culture), with the dog being referred to by a derived term, łééchąąʼí (literally “shit pet”), i.e. pet which eats excrement. Compare Dogrib tłı̨ (“dog”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "łéʼé-",
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "łéé-",
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "łį́į́ʼ-",
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilį́į́ʼ",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "danihilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yilį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alį́į́ʼ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "compound",
        "4": "łéʼé-, łéé-, łį́į́ʼ-",
        "5": "possessed form",
        "6": "bilį́į́ʼ"
      },
      "expansion": "łį́į́ʼ (compound łéʼé-, łéé-, łį́į́ʼ-, possessed form bilį́į́ʼ)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pet",
          "pet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "livestock"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "livestock",
          "livestock"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "horse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "car"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "car",
          "car"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬĩ́ːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nv:łį́į́ʼ"
  ],
  "word": "łį́į́ʼ"
}

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