náshdóítsoh bitsiijįʼ daditłʼooígíí
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Navajo
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Etymology
[edit]From náshdóítsoh (“cougar; puma”) (this being from náshdóí (“wildcat”) + -tsoh (“big”)) + bitsiiʼ (“his head”) + -jįʼ (“up to”) + da- (plural marker) + ditłʼo (“it is hairy”) + -ígíí (nominalizer).
Thus "hairy-headed puma"
Noun
[edit]náshdóítsoh bitsiijįʼ daditłʼooígíí
- lion
- Synonym: náshdóítsoh bitsiijįʼ diʼilígíí