dahsání

Etymology

Seemingly from dah (“at an elevation, as in a tree”) + sání (“old one”), although Young and Morgan state that the term is of uncertain derivation.[1]

Noun

dahsání

  1. porcupine

Synonyms

  • dashchʼíní

Derived terms

  • Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ dahsání

References

  1. ^ "dahsání", in Robert Young & William Morgan (1992), Analytical Lexicon of Navajo, with the assistance of Sally Midgette, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, p. 118
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