ayaaí hooghan

Etymology

ayaa (“under something”) +‎ -í (nominalizer) + hooghan (“hogan, house”)

Noun

ayaaí hooghan

  1. lower house (of a legislature)
  2. (American politics) House of Representatives

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 138.
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