Haashchʼééshzhiní

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what is the source of the -sh-? ł-classifier + zh produces sh, but both sh and zh appear here”) haashchʼééh (“god”) + -zhin (perfective stem of -ZHĮ́Į́ʼ (“to black”)) + -í (nominalizer).

Proper noun

Haashchʼééshzhiní

  1. A deity, known as the Black God or Fire God in English, who is said to have created the universe

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 784
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