awééchíʼí

Etymology

awééʼ (“baby”) + -chiiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”) + -í (nominalizer), literally “red baby”.

Noun

awééchíʼí

  1. newborn baby

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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