Chíshí Biníłchʼijí

Etymology

Chíshí (“Chiricahua”) + biníłchʼi (“their wind, spirits”) +‎ -jí (adverbial suffix forming the names of ceremonies)

Proper noun

Chíshí Biníłchʼi

  1. the Chiricahua Wind Way, a Navajo ceremony

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 491
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