joogii
Navajo
Etymology
Derivation unknown, but apparently formed with the nominalizing suffix -ii.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃòːkìː/
Audio: (file)
Noun
joogii
- Cyanocitta cristata: the blue jay, a type of jaybird
See also
- dilzhę́ʼii: the Steller's jay
- tsʼánídílzhiʼí: the western scrub jay
- tsʼání: the pinyon jay
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 276