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Táá’ádazdigís dę́ę́ ch’íjílwod.
translations my
- shi. noun f. en my. nv my. Rachel Hise.
- shi- adjective. en belonging to me. en.wiktionary.org.
What does Jinii mean in Navajo?
jiní jiní gossip, rumors · hearsay.
What is the Navajo word for home?
A hogan (/ˈhoʊɡɑːn/ or /ˈhoʊɡən/; from Navajo hooghan [hoːɣan]) is the primary, traditional dwelling of the Navajo people. Other traditional structures include the summer shelter, the underground home, and the sweat house.
Yázhí itself is the Navajo equivalent of “little one” and is applied more broadly. For example “shizhé’é yázhí” refers to my father’s younger brother (uncle or little father). “Shimá yázhí” refers to my mother’s younger sister. Applied to animals, yázhí refers to the young animal, or the baby animals.
A collection of useful phrases in Navajo (Diné Bizaad), an Athabaskan language spoken in Arizona and New Mexico in the USA….Useful phrases in Navajo.
| English | Diné Bizaad (Navajo) |
|---|---|
| Yes | Aoo’ |
| No | Dooda |
| Maybe | |
| I don’t know | Doo shił bééhózin da |
What is my name in Navajo?
Useful phrases in Navajo
| English | Diné Bizaad (Navajo) |
|---|---|
| What’s your name? | Haash yinilyé? |
| My name is … | Shí éí yinishyé |
| Where are you from? | Háadish nitsʼééʼ łeeʼ sitą́? (lit. “Where is your umbilical cord buried?”) Ąąʼ háádę́ę́ʼ? Háádę́ę́ʼísh íiyisíí naniná? |
| I’m from … | … naashá |
How do you say liar in Navajo?
Niyooch’ííd. You are a liar.
Note: some kinship words are different depending on whether they are said by a male or a female….Family words in Navajo.
| Navajo | |
|---|---|
| family | k’é (kinship, extended family); ak’éí; hakʼéí; hooghan hazʼą́ |
| relative | hakʼéí |
| father | shizhé’é |
| mother | shimá |
Dineh (or Dine), their name for themselves, cannot be translated exactly into English as there are no articles in the Navajo Language. The translation, “The People,” is formally permissible and accepted by most linguists and anthropologists, but Dineh can also be translated as “men,” or “people” or even “earth people.”
What was the land of the Navajo people called?
According to Navajo tradition their ancestors, after many generations of wandering through inhospitable lands, came together and settled in a new land in this, the fifth world of their mythology. This land was called Dinehtah- the land of The People.
How big is the Navajo Reservation in Arizona?
This land was called Dinehtah- the land of The People. Today over 130,000 Navajos live on their reservation which encompasses about 24,000 square miles of rugged, semi arid land in the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
The number of phonemes in Navajo is disputed, but many scholars agree that there are thirty-three consonants, including a large number of affricates and fricatives, and twelve vowel sounds. Length is phonemic in Navajo, and vowels appear either short, long, or overlong.