doishʼíinii

Etymology

Contraction of doo yishʼíinii, from doo (“not”) + yishʼį́ (“I see it”) +‎ -n- (“ligature”) +‎ -ii (nominalizer), literally “the one I do not see”

Noun

doishʼíinii

  1. (my) mother-in-law
  2. (my) son-in-law

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 252
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