dił bee łichíʼígíí

Etymology

dił (“blood”) + bee (“by means of it”) + łichííʼ (“it is red”) +‎ -ígíí (nominalizer)

Noun

dił bee łichíʼígíí

  1. hemoglobin

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.
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