tséyiʼ

Navajo

Etymology

From tsé (“rock”) + biyiʼ (“inside it”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tséɣiʔ]

Proper noun

tséyiʼ

1. (in toponyms) canyon

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 732.