mąʼii

See also: maii, Maii, maʼii, màii, and Mąʼii

Navajo

Etymology

Compare Western Apache baʼtsoʼsii, Chiricahua mbaaye

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɑ̃̀ʔìː/
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Noun

mąʼii

coyote
Tłʼéédą́ą́ʼ mąʼii łą́ągo daacha ńtʼééʼ ― last night, there were many coyotes howling.
Used in colloquial themes connoting contempt.

Alternative forms

maʼii

Derived terms

chąąmąʼii (“youngster, kid”)
Mąʼii (“Coyote”)
Mąʼii Ashkii (“Geronimo”)
mąʼii bizaʼazis hólóní
mąʼii chʼil (“goldenrod”)
mąʼii łitsooí (“fox, red fox”)
mąʼiichaan (“dung beetle”)
mąʼiitsoh (“wolf”)
tábąąh mąʼii (“raccoon”)

See also

-MĄʼII

References

Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 395