ééʼ neishoodii beʼééʼ danineezígíí

Etymology

From ééʼ neishoodii (“clergyman”) + beʼééʼ (“their garmets”) + danineez (“they are long”) +‎ -ígíí, literally “clergymen whose garments are long”.

Noun

ééʼ neishoodii beʼééʼ danineezígíí

  1. Catholics

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 367.
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