Where does “naʼashjéʼii bijéí dah łichíiʼii” come from?

naʼashjéʼii bijéí dah łichíiʼii (Navajo) comes from Navajo naʼashjéʼii, from Navajo -ii — "nominalizer".

naʼashjéʼii bijéí dah łichíiʼii (Navajo): black widow

Definitions

  1. black widow

Ancestry of “naʼashjéʼii bijéí dah łichíiʼii”, step by step

naʼashjéʼii bijéí dah łichíiʼii traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo naʼashjéʼii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajonaʼashjéʼiispider
2Navajo-ii"nominalizer"

via Navajo dah

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