atsʼíístah áshįįh łikan nanitʼąʼ silį́į́ʼ

Etymology

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atsʼíís (“body”) +‎ -tah (“throughout”) + áshįįh łikan (“sugar”) + nanitʼąʼ + silį́į́ʼ (“it was”, literally “throughout the body it becomes loaded with sugar”)

Noun

atsʼíístah áshįįh łikan nanitʼąʼ silį́į́ʼ

  1. diabetes

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 136.
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