atsʼíís doo hináanii

Etymology

atsʼíís (“body”) + doo (“not”) + hiná (“it is alive”) +‎ -n- (ligature) +‎ -ii (nominalizer)

Noun

atsʼíís doo hináanii

  1. corpse

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 1.
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