bilasáana bitseeʼ hólóní

Etymology

bilasáana (“apple”) + bitseeʼ (“its tail”), from atseeʼ (“tail”) + hólóní (“the one that exists”), from hólǫ́ (“there is”) + -í (nominalizer)

Noun

bilasáana bitseeʼ hólóní

  1. pear

Synonyms

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 222.
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