big

From Proto-Athabaskan *-wə̓t̕.
Cognates: Navajo -bid, Plains Apache -bid.

shibig

bibig


non

Cognates: Navajo nooʼ, Chiricahua nun, Mescalero nun, Plains Apache nǫǫ.


zas

From Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s.
Cognates: Navajo yas, Chiricahua zas, Jicarilla zas, Plains Apache zas.


noi

Cognates: Navajo nooʼ, Chiricahua non, Mescalero non, Plains Apache nǫǫ.


gad

cedar or juniper tree, especially Juniperus deppeana.


sig

From Proto-Athabaskan *-x̯ɑ̓t. Cognates include Navajo sid, Mescalero sįh.


shid

From Proto-Athabaskan *-x̯ɑ̓t. Cognates: Navajo sid, Mescalero sįh.


jaa

From Proto-Athabaskan *-džəɣeʼ. Cognates: Navajo -jaa’, Chiricahua -jaa, Jicarilla -jaa, Plains Apache -jaghe.

shijaa

bijaa


sis

From Proto-Athabaskan *səx. Cognate with Navajo sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.


yoo

From Proto-Athabaskan *yu·ʔ. Cognates include Navajo yooʼ, Chiricahua yoo, Lipan yoo, Plains Apache zhoo.

shiyo’

biyo’


sid

From Proto-Athabaskan *-x̯ɑ̓t.
Cognates: Navajo sid, Mescalero sįh.


kaz

bikaz


-bid

From Proto-Athabaskan *-wə̓tʼ. Compare Navajo -bid, Plains Apache -bid.

shibid (“my belly”)

bibid (“her/his/their belly”)


dleesh

Ultimately from Proto-Athabaskan *łe̓dž (“dirt”).


yałtiʼbeeʼizhi

'speaking with names', a means of communicating in which the speaker uses place names for their evocative qualities in order to relay messages poetically and somewhat surreptitiously


kʼaaʼ

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


chʼini

/tʃɪ̃˨nɪ̃˦ː/


naʼchagi

[nàʔtʃʰàkɪ̀]


in nayeehí

[ɪ̀nẽ̀ːnɑ̀jeí]


tudiłhiłi

[tʊ˨˩˥d̪i˨˩˥ɬhɪ˨˥˩ɬi˦]


hishtłish

[hɪ̀ʃtl̥ɪ̀ʃ]


itsáłigai

[ɪ̀tsʰáɬɪ̀kàɪ̀]


dzitł ndeʼyú

[dzɪ̀l̥ ɪ̀néːjó]


gochʼitał

[kòtʃʼɪ̀tʰàɬ]


izaʼá

[ɪ́tsɑ́ʔɑ́ʔ]


hidląąnhí

[hɪ˨d̥lɑ̃˦nĩ˦]


tubąąyú

[tʊ˦˩˥baɪ˦jo˦]


hayaazhiʼ

[hɑ˨jɑː˨ʒĩ˨˩˥]


eʼiléhí

[iː˨lɛ˦˥˩ʔi˦]


jaadi

Antilocapra americana
Antilocapra americana#Translingual

The antelope or, more specifically, the pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.


bésh diwozhi

[bɛ́ʃ díwóʒí]


ikʼahkǫʼí

[ɪ̀kʼàhkʰõ̀ʔɪ́]


tsénchóʼ

[tsɛ̀n̥tʃóʔ]


deʼdoljéég

[tɛ̀ʔtòltʃéːk]


tazhikʼáné

[taʒ˨i˨˩˥kɑ̃n˦ɛ̃˦]


tsinaʼeełí

[tsĩ˦nɑ˦ʔɛ˨ɬi˨]


tséé

From Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Na-Dene *caj.


íkʼéʼidlishé

stinkbug, pinacate beetle (genus Eleodes)


detʼį nchį

[tetʰɪ̃ ntʃʰɪ̃]


Kǫʼ Bąąh Náłkʼas

head

Kǫʼ Bąąh Náłkʼas


tłʼéʼgonaʼáí

tłʼéʼgonaʼáí

[tɬʼéʔkonaʔáɪ́]


dełichíʼé

[teɬɪtʃʰɪ́ʔé]


dotłʼizhihíí

[totʰɬʔɪʒɪxɪ́ː]


iłtį́ʼtsį́h

[ɪɬtʰɪ̃́ʔtsʰɪ̃́x]


túnálį́į́’

[tʰúnálɪ̃́ːʔ]


tábąą dijágé

[tʰápãː tɪtʃʰáké]


nabil

Cognate with Jicarilla biił (-biili) from Spanish automóvil.


bínii’

face of car (area from windshield to hood to bumper)


chʼił kʼę́ʼé

chʼił kʼę́ʼé


tsįnagháí ánʼááhí

tsįnagháí ánʼááhí


gídí dziłkáʼyú gólííní

gídí dziłkáʼyú gólííní


nantʼán

boss, chairman, president, chief, foreman, king


łį́į́ʼ hadikʼéké

łį́į́ʼ hadikʼéké


nanilzheegé

saguaro fruit (fruit of the saguaro cactus)


kįh biyiʼ daʼchʼokąąhí

Literally, "the house in which they worship"


bigháń háʼááhí

bigháń háʼááhí


łį́į́’ na’iłbąąsí

łį́į́’ na’iłbąąsí


nantʼaʼ chʼah kah naghaa

Literally: crown “nantʼaʼ chʼah” (from: metal “nantʼaʼ” + hat “chʼah”) sickness “kah naghaa”


cowid ńgóstʼáítsʼádah

From: English Covid and Western Apache ńgóstʼáítsʼádah “nineteen”


-jád

Cognate with White Mountain Western Apache, Bylas Western Apache -jág; Navajo -jáád; Mescalero -jádí; Chiricahua -jáde; Jicarilla -jádi.


kaah

Cognate with Mescalero kaa; Chiricahua kaa; Navajo ka 'sickly' (adverbial particle).


tú silááda

tú (water) + silááda (soldier) Literally: water soldier


yaaʼ tú silááda

yaaʼ (sky) tú silááda (marine) Literally: sky marine

commando, navy SEAL, special forces, legionnaire