Mąʼii bizǫʼ

Etymology

From mąʼii (“coyote”) + sǫʼ (“star”, literally “the coyote's star”)

Proper noun

Mąʼii bizǫʼ

  1. Canopus (second brightest star in the night sky)

References

  • Young, Robert, Morgan, William, Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 467
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