Where does “dah naatʼaʼí” come from?

dah naatʼaʼí (Navajo) comes from Navajo dah — up, off, at an elevation, set off.

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Ancestry of “dah naatʼaʼí”, step by step

dah naatʼaʼí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo dah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodahup, off, at an elevation, set off

via Navajo naatʼaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonaatʼaʼto fly around (a bird or an airplane); in the perfective to make a round-trip flying

Words derived from “dah naatʼaʼí

Every word from Navajo dah