mąʼii
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Navajo
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mąʼii
- coyote
- Tłʼéédą́ą́ʼ mąʼii łą́ągo daacha ńtʼééʼ ― last night, there were many coyotes howling.
- Used in colloquial themes connoting contempt.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- Mąʼii Ashkii (“Geronimo”)
- mąʼii bizaʼazis hólóní
- mąʼii chʼil (“goldenrod”)
- mąʼii łitsooí (“fox, red fox”)
- mąʼiitsoh (“wolf”)
- tábąąh mąʼii (“raccoon”)
- mąʼiichaan (“dung beetle”)
- chąąmąʼii (“youngster, kid”)
References
- Young, Robert, Morgan, William, Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 395