awééʼ biyaałáí

Etymology

By surface analysis, awééʼ (“baby”) +‎ biyaa (“under it”) + -łá (perfective stem of a -LÁ (“handle a solid flexible object”)) +‎ -í (nominalizer)

Noun

awééʼ biyaałáí

  1. placenta

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 137.
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