achą́ʼáshkʼazhí dideeshchiiʼ

Etymology

achą́ʼáshkʼazhí (“kidney”) + dideeshchiiʼ (“inflamed”). According to Young and Morgan, coined by "the Interpreters's School" [sic] in the 1930s.

Noun

achą́ʼáshkʼazhí dideeshchiiʼ

  1. kidney inflammation, nephritis

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 6.
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