Bįįh iiłchííh
Navajo
Etymology
From bįįh (“deer”) + -chííh (imperfective stem of root -CHĮ́, “to come into being”). Literally, “deer give birth (one after another)”
Proper noun
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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 268.