shik’is — my friend, my brother/sister shilah — my maternal cousin or sibling shił naa’aash — my paternal male cousin (male to male) shizeedi — my maternal and paternal cousin shiyáázh — my son (mother to son) shiyáázh — my son (niece to maternal uncle) shimá — my mother (maternal uncle to niece) shiye’ — …
shi — myself shimá — my mother shizhé’é — my father shádí — my older sister shideezhí — my younger sister shínaaí — my older brother shitsilí — my younger brother shima yázhí — my maternal aunt shida’í — my maternal uncle shibizhí — my paternal aunt/uncle shimasání — my maternal grandmother shicheii — my …
shaa nítįįh — a single slender solid object shaa níyeeh — a mass in bag shaa ní’aah — a solid object shaa nílé — a slender cord object shaa níkaah — a liquid mass shaa nítłeeh — a malleable object shaa níjááh — a mass of multiple small objects shaa nínííł — multiple slender solid …
Day 1 — t’ááłá’íjį́ Day 2 — naakijį́ Day 3 — táá’gíjį́ Day 4 — dį́į́’jį́ Day 5 — ashdla’jį́ Day 6 — hastą́ą́jį́ Day 7 — tsosts’idjį́ Day 8 — tseebííjį́ Day 9 — náhást’éíjį́ Day 10 — neeznáájį́ Day 11 — ła’ts’áadahjį́ Day 12 — naakits’áadahjį́ Day 13 — táá’ts’áadahjį́ Day 14 — …
Gháájí’ (October) Níłch’its’ósí (November) Nił ch’itsoh (December) Yas Niłt’ees (January) Atsá Biyáázh (February) Wóóshch’įįd (March) T’ą́ą́chil (April) T’ąątsoh (May) Ya’iishjááshchilí (June) Ya’iishjááshtsoh (July) Bini’anit’ą́ą́ts’ósí (August) Bini’anit’ą́ą́tsoh (September) Gháájí’ – dividing of seasons; New Year begins Níłch’its’ósí – light wind; cold Nił ch’itsoh – hard wind, increasing cold Yas Niłt’ees – icing of snow; melting for …
Chíshí Dine’é — Chiricahua Apache Clan Dichin Dine’é — Hunger People Diłzéehi — Mohave Clan K’ai’ Dine’é – Willow People K’ai’ Ch’ébáanii — Line-Of-Willows-Extend-Out-Gray People Ma’iitó — Coyote Spring People Naałani Dine’é — Many Commanche Warriors Clan Anaashashí — Santa Clara Pueblo Béiyóodzin — Paiute Beehai — Jicarilla apache Bilagáanaa — White Bináá’ Ádaałts’ózí Dine’é …
Clan Group 1 Kinyaa’áanii — Towering House People Dziłt’aadí — Near the Mountain Clan ’Azee’tsoh Dine’é — Big Medicine People Tązhii Dine’é — Turkey People Bit’ahnii — Folded Arms People Adopted Clans Halgai Dine’é — People of the Valley or Plains Shash Dine’é — Bear People/Bear Enemies/Tewa Clan Naadą́ą́’ Dine’é — Corn People Clan Group …
This article answers common questions about the Navajo language code system created in 1942 by the “first twenty-nine” U.S. Marine Corps Navajo recruits. Since 1903, the Navajo language was forbidden on the campuses of the Navajo boarding schools, but ironically, our language was used as the key to winning WWII. The Navajo code system was created …