Dookʼoʼoosłííd
Navajo
editEtymology
editIt means “its summit never melts”: doo (“not”) akʼi (“on top”) ʼa- (3rd-person indefinite subject pronoun) + yi- (transitional aspect denoting change in form) + -ł- (transitive classifier) + -lííd (verb stem meaning to melt off)
Proper noun
editDookʼoʼoosłííd
Usage notes
editOne of the six sacred mountains of the Navajo. Dookʼoʼoosłííd, associated with diichiłí (abalone) and the color yellow, marks the western boundary of Dinétah.