yáál

See also: yaal

Navajo

Etymology

From Spanish real (“unit of currency”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑ́ːl/

Noun

yáál

1. (numismatics) bit, 12.5 cents

   dį́į́ʼ yáál dóó łitso ― fifty-five cents

   dį́į́ʼ yáál dóó baʼąą tʼááłáʼí dootłʼizh dóó tááʼ tsindáo ― sixty-three cents (literally, “four bits and in addition one green and three cents”)