azeedíchʼííʼ łibáhígíí

Navajo

Etymology

From azeedíchʼííʼ (“chile pepper”) + łibá (“it is gray”) +‎ -h- (ligature) +‎ -ígíí (nominalizer)

Noun

azeedíchʼííʼ łibáhígíí

1. black pepper (Piper nigrum)

References

• Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 142.