Talk:Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah
Latest comment: 12 years ago by 71.66.97.228 in topic "walk"
"walk"
editWhy is "walk" part of this term? 71.66.97.228 06:51, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
- I believe the term "walkers" is used in Navajo for many races that are darker skinned than whites but are not Native American. Compare (deprecated template usage) naakaii. --Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 06:55, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Is this because they are perceived to be nomadic (as many pastoral groups around the world)? 71.66.97.228 03:54, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
- It was an attempt to translate explorador. —Stephen (Talk) 03:58, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
But the Spaniards are the sheep people, correct? 71.66.97.228 04:16, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
- Not people, pain. Sheep pain. —Stephen (Talk) 04:19, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I meant Dibé diníí bikéyah--we don't have an etymology there yet, but I thought it means "country of the sheep people." 71.66.97.228 04:21, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
- Sheep pain country. The code talkers in WW II had to come up with translations that had not been needed before. Sheep pain = Spain (Sip-pain). —Stephen (Talk) 04:32, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
And actually, I believe Mexico included all of Navajoland for hundreds of years, before the Mexican War of the mid-1800s. 71.66.97.228 04:58, 9 August 2012 (UTC)