Tó Nehelį́į́h

Etymology

From tó (“water”) + nehelį́į́h, composed of ni- (terminative) +‎ hi- (seriative aspect) + + -lį́į́h (usitative perfective stem of root -LĮ́, “to flow”), Literally, “the water customarily flows one time after another to a stopping point (where it collects)”.

Proper noun

Tó Nehelį́į́h

  1. Tonalea (a census-designated place in Arizona, United States)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 375
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