hóyah

Navajo

Etymology

From the adverbial proclitic hó- +‎ -yah (“down, below”).

Adverb

hóyah

1. down below

See also

• wóyah

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 13.