"hai" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

IPA: /hɑ̀ɪ̀/ Audio: Nv-hai.ogg Forms: xai [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy. Related to the root -HAI (“a winter or a year passes”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*x̣αy}} Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy, {{nv-root|-HAI|winter passes|a winter or a year passes}} -HAI (“a winter or a year passes”) Head templates: {{head|nv|noun}} hai
  1. winter Derived forms: haidą́ą́ʼ (english: last winter), haigo (english: in winter), haiʼííłnííʼ (english: midwinter), dííghaaí (english: this winter)
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