chidí áłchíní bee naagéhí

Etymology

chidí (“car”) + áłchíní (“children”) + bee (“by means of it”) + na- (around, about) +‎ -gééh (iterative stem of -YĮ́ (“to handle a load/pack/burden”)) + -í (nominalizer), literally “car by means of which children are carried around”

Noun

chidí áłchíní bee naagéhí

  1. school bus
    Synonyms: chidíłtsoii, chidíłtsxooí

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 1031
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