Where does “tsídii bitʼaʼ hózhóón” come from?

tsídii bitʼaʼ hózhóón (Navajo) comes from Navajo tsídii, from Navajo -ii — "nominalizer".

tsídii bitʼaʼ hózhóón (Navajo): bird of paradise

Definitions

  1. bird of paradise

Ancestry of “tsídii bitʼaʼ hózhóón”, step by step

tsídii bitʼaʼ hózhóón traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo tsídii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotsídiibird
2Navajo-ii"nominalizer"

via Navajo hózhǫ́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajohózhǫ́it is beautiful, peaceful, harmonious, nice;...
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