Where does “tsostsʼidiin dóó baʼąą tsostsʼid” come from?

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

tsostsʼidiin dóó baʼąą tsostsʼid (Navajo): seventy-seven

Definitions

  1. seventy-seven

Ancestry of “tsostsʼidiin dóó baʼąą tsostsʼid”, step by step

tsostsʼidiin dóó baʼąą tsostsʼid 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 tsostsʼidiin

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