Where does “chidí naatʼaʼí” come from?

chidí naatʼaʼí (Navajo) comes from Navajo naatʼaʼí, from Navajo -í — <br>Postpositional prefix meaning “against”. It...

chidí naatʼaʼí (Navajo): airplane

Definitions

  1. airplane

Ancestry of “chidí naatʼaʼí”, step by step

chidí naatʼaʼí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo naatʼaʼí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonaatʼaʼísomething that flies
2Navajo-í<br>Postpositional prefix meaning “against”. It...

via Navajo chidí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajochidíautomobile, car, truck, vehicle
Every word from Navajo -í →Every word from Navajo naatʼaʼí →