yélii

Etymology

From hééł (“load”) or -YĮ́ (“handle a load, pack, or buden”) + -ii (nominalizer). Literally, “the one with a load or burden”

Noun

yélii

  1. hunchback

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 717
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