bee iináanii

Etymology

bee (“by means of it”) + iiná (“there is life”) + -n- (ligature) + -ii (nominalizing suffix)

Noun

bee iináanii

  1. resources for livelihood
  2. life

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 163.
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