Where does “tʼáá nihíhí” come from?
tʼáá nihíhí (Navajo) comes from Navajo nihí, from Proto-Athabaskan *nax̣(ə)-neˑ — Second-person plural pronoun; you (plural).
tʼáá nihíhí (Navajo): we ourselves, you yourselves
Definitions
- we ourselves, you yourselves
Ancestry of “tʼáá nihíhí”, step by step
tʼáá nihíhí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo nihí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | nihí | "first-person duoplural pronoun" we;... |
| 2 | Proto-Athabaskan | *nax̣(ə)-neˑ | Second-person plural pronoun; you (plural) |
via Navajo tʼáá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | tʼáá | just, only, kind of, sort of, quite |