Talk:naakai binátʼoh

Also hemp?

Can this also refer to "hemp" (the type of plant intended for purposes other than smoking? If so, should chʼil be part of the name? 71.66.97.228 09:16, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

No, only marijuana for smoking. No chʼil. —Stephen ^(Talk) 00:20, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Walking or Mexicans?

Doesn't "naakaii" mean "Mexicans"? What is there now in the etymology leads to an entry about walking. 71.66.97.228 01:42, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

It means Mexicans, but literally it says "walkers". Walkers means Mexicans. —Stephen ^(Talk) 08:41, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Actually, "Mexicans" (as "walkers") is given as naakaii at Wiktionary--with two "I"s at the end. "naakai" (with one "i" is given as "walk"). Can the naakai entry be fixed to reflect that it can mean "Mexicans" in the context of this word? 71.66.97.228 03:26, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Why do you want to do that? Naakaii means Mexicans, walkers. Naakai means they walk. —Stephen ^(Talk) 06:34, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

For consistency's sake. Look at the etymology in this entry. It says "Mexicans." Then click the bluelink for that term and it doesn't say anything about "Mexicans"; it just says "X" conjugation of "Y." That's a problem that should be fixed. 71.66.97.228 06:50, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

I still don’t get what you’re talking about. Naakaii means Mexicans, naakai means they walk. Naakai does not mean Mexicans, it only means they walk. If you put that naakai means Mexicans, it will be incorrect. It doesn’t mean Mexicans until you add the nominalizer. —Stephen ^(Talk) 09:25, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Then the etymology in this entry certainly needs to be fixed, for consistency's sake. Don't assume everyone who will use this site in the future is as knowledgeable as you are about Navajo usage. 71.66.97.228 17:22, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

All I can suggest is that you study Navajo. I can’t turn this into a grammar book for you. —Stephen ^(Talk) 19:22, 26 February 2013 (UTC)