naaʼahóóhai
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Etymology edit
Derivation not apparent.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
naaʼahóóhai
- chicken
- rodeo, fair, celebration
- Synonym: ahóóhai
- agricultural show (at a tribal, county, or state fair)
- Synonym: ahóóhai
Derived terms edit
- naaʼahóóhai bichʼííʼ (“spaghetti”)
- naaʼahóóhai bighan (“chicken coop, henhouse”)
- naaʼahóóhai bikąʼii (“rooster”)
- naaʼahóóhai biyázhí (“chick”)
- naaʼahóóhai biyaʼ (“chicken mite, louse”)
- naaʼahóóhai biyęęzhii (“chicken egg”)
- naaʼahóóhai biʼáadii (“hen”)
- naaʼahóóhaiłbáhí (“partridge”)
References edit
- ^ Young, Robert W. & William Morgan. 1994. The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary (Revised Edition). Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.