bílaʼashdlaʼii

Etymology

bílaʼ (“his fingers”) + ashdlaʼ (“five”) + -ii (nominalizer). Literally "the five-fingered one".

Noun

bílaʼashdlaʼii

  1. human being (Homo sapiens)
  2. Clematis ligusticifolia

Alternative forms

  • bílaʼ ashdlaʼii

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 362.
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