Haashchʼééłtiʼí

Etymology

haashchʼééh (“god”) + -ł- (classifier) + -tiʼ (perfective stem of -TIʼ (“to talk”)) + -í (nominalizer).

Proper noun

Haashchʼééłtiʼí

  1. “Talking God” (one of the Diyin Dineʼé, Holy People, in the Navajo Creation story; his body is white)

Synonyms

  • Yéʼii Bicheii (“grandfather of the yéʼii”)

See also

  • Haashchʼééshzhiní
  • Haashchʼééʼooghaan / Haashchʼééowaan / Haashchʼéʼówaan / Hashchʼéoghan
  • Tó Neinilí
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