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chąąneiłhizii

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Etymology

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From chąąʼ (“dung”) + neiłhiz (“he/she/it rolls it around”) +‎ -ii (nominalizer), literally “the one that rolls dung around”

Noun

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chąąneiłhizii

  1. dung beetle

References

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  • 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 270.
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