Dził Bíniʼ Hólóonii

Etymology

dził (“mountain”) + bíniʼ (“its mind”) + hólǫ́ (“it exists”) +‎ -n- (ligature) +‎ -ii (nominalizer), literally “the mountain's mind exists”

Proper noun

Dził Bíniʼ Hólóonii

  1. (ceremonial) synonym of Dibé Nitsaa (“Hesperus Mountain, Colorado”)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 595
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