Where does “tseebídiin dóó baʼąą tseebíí” come from?

tseebídiin dóó baʼąą tseebíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo dóó baʼąą, from Navajo doo, from Navajo dooleeł, from Navajo nilį́ — he/she is.

tseebídiin dóó baʼąą tseebíí (Navajo): eighty-eight

Definitions

  1. eighty-eight

Ancestry of “tseebídiin dóó baʼąą tseebíí”, step by step

tseebídiin dóó baʼąą tseebíí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo dóó baʼąą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajodóó baʼąąForms cardinal numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine, with the exception of multiples of ten
2NavajodooPart of the negative correlative; With a...
3Navajodooleełit will be; he/she/it will be, will become
4Navajonilį́he/she is

via Navajo tseebídiin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotseebídiineighty
2Navajo-díín
Every word from Navajo nilį́Every word from Navajo dooleełEvery word from Navajo doo