Where does “chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolkʼoolígíí” come from?

chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolkʼoolígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo chʼosh — insect, bug, maggot, worm.

chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolkʼoolígíí (Navajo): clam

Definitions

  1. clam

Ancestry of “chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolkʼoolígíí”, step by step

chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolkʼoolígíí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo chʼosh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajochʼoshinsect, bug, maggot, worm

via Navajo bitsʼaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobitsʼaʼits pod, its shell
Every word from Navajo chʼosh