Where does “hakʼaz giníłgaii” come from?

hakʼaz giníłgaii (Navajo) comes from Navajo hakʼaz, from Navajo ha-, from Navajo ho-, from Navajo hw-.

hakʼaz giníłgaii (Navajo): gyrfalcon

Definitions

  1. gyrfalcon

Ancestry of “hakʼaz giníłgaii”, step by step

hakʼaz giníłgaii traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo hakʼaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajohakʼazcoldness, cold
2Navajoha-up and out, extraction; examine, inspect;...
3Navajoho-indefinite deictic 3rd-person subject pronoun...
4Navajohw-

via Navajo łigai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołigaiit is white
2NavajoKin Łigaaí

via Navajo giní

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoginífalcon; hawk
Every word from Navajo hw-Every word from Navajo ho-Every word from Navajo ha-