Navajo
Etymology
honeesná (“he/she won”) + -n- (ligature) + -ígíí (nominalizer)
Noun
honeesnánígíí
- winner, victor
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 455.