Ahééhéshį́į́h

Etymology

Literally, it's always summer, from ahéé- (“around in a circle”) + hi- (seriative prefix indicating around and around) + -shį́į́h (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -ZHĮ́, “to become summer”) (compare shį́ (“summer”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɑ̀héːhéʃĩ́ːh/

Proper noun

Ahééhéshį́į́h

  1. California (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 774
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