béégashii

Etymology

From Spanish vacas (“cows”), from Latin vacca.[1] Compare Pipil wakash and Classical Nahuatl huācax.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /péːkɑ̀ʃìː/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

béégashii

  1. cow
    Kʼad haitʼáo dibéłchíʼigo béégashii, shąʼ?
    How now, brown cow?
  2. cattle

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Robert W. Young and William Morgan (1987). The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary. University of New Mexico Press. →ISBN
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