mąʼii
See also: maʼii
Navajo
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmąʼii
- coyote
- Tłʼéédą́ą́ʼ mąʼii łą́ągo daacha ńtʼééʼ ― last night, there were many coyotes howling.
- Used in colloquial themes connoting contempt.
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
edit- Mąʼii Ashkii (“Geronimo”)
- mąʼii bizaʼazis hólóní
- mąʼii chʼil (“goldenrod”)
- mąʼii łitsooí (“fox, red fox”)
- mąʼiitsoh (“wolf”)
- tábąąh mąʼii (“raccoon”)
- mąʼiichaan (“dung beetle”)
- chąąmąʼii (“youngster, kid”)
References
edit- Young, Robert, Morgan, William, Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 395