Ahééháshį́į́h Hahoodzo

Navajo

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”)); and hahoodzo (“an area is marked out with a line around it”).

Proper noun

Ahééháshį́į́h Hahoodzo

1. California (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

• Ahééhéshį́į́h
• Ahééhíshį́į́h