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Diné (Navajo) - English Dictionary:  D, Dl, Dz

English → Diné:   [ A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V • W • X • Y • Z ]
Diné → English:   [ A • B • Ch, Ch’ • D, Dl, Dz • E • G, Gh • H, Hw • I • J • K, K’, Kw • L, { • M • N • O • S, Sh • T, T’, Tl, Ts, Ts’ • W • X • Y • Z, Zh ]
[ Colors • Day and Night • Days of the Week • Human Body • Kinship • Months of the Year • Numbers • Time ]


- D, Dl, Dz -

    Sound:  D as in dime – dib4 (sheep).   Dl as in glad – dloh (laughter).   Dl makes one sound.   Dz as in dzi[ (mountain).   Dz makes one sound in pronunciation.

da
such as, like, including; (depending on the context).
Ham1 da hazh4’4 da bi’44’ b1 b1jiigis.  (One can wash their mother's or father's clothes.)
Naab4eh0 dine’4 t’1adoo le’4 t’00 ’ahay07go dein7zin, j0 ’47 chid7tsoh da, bee na’anish7 da, ’44’ da d00 ’azee’.  (The Navajo people need many things, such as trucks, tools, clothing and medicine.)
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da’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
(yes/no question marker)
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d2 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
spring
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-d33’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
time in the past
A Navajo suffix.
’ak4e’di y65d33’  (the last time)
’a[k’id33’  (a long time ago) or (in olden times)
’a[k’id7d33’  (quite a long time ago) or (quite some time ago)
’77d33’  Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.   (at that time)
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da’ad3 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , ’ad3 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
eating is done
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d22go Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
springtime
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daad1n7g77 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
that which is eaten
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d11d7lka[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
door
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d1’1k’eh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
field, garden
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D1’1k’eh Hal1n7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Many Farms, Arizona
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daan4’4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
toy
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daats’7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
maybe, perhaps
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daazl99’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
they have become
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daga’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , dooda Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , nda Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , ndaga’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , nidaga’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
no
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D1gh1 Lich77
Irish
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dah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
suspended, on top of
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dah ’adii’3
mid-morning
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dah ’alzhin Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
dot (period), speck, minute (as the division of a clock face), inch (as the division of a yard), degree (as the division of a thermometer).   (up + black)
’Ashdla’1adah dah ’alzhinj8’ shan7’d7t’11h.  (I have a 15 minute break.)
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dah ’alzhin ni’7lkidgo
in  ?????  minutes
ni’7lkidgo  (something having moved as far as a point. i.e. the hour hand)
’Ashdla’1adah dah ’alzhin ni’7lkidgo yah ’a]diijah.  (We'll reconvene in 15 minutes.)
T1diin dah ’alzhin ni’7lkidgo da’diid99[.  (In 30 minutes we'll eat.)
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dah ’azk1n7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
mesa
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dah dahizhdiini[
one hangs up [clothes, etc.]
’$4’ dah dahizhdiini[.  (One hangs clothes.)
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dah d7n7ilghaazh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
fry bread
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dah iist[’= Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
loom with or without rug
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dah n7daah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
you (singular) sit (on a chair, on something)
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dah yisk’id Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
hill
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da’iigis b1 hooghan Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
laundry
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dajidl1n7g77
beverage
Naaly4h4 b1hooghandi ’47 dajidl1n7g77 l2’7 ’a[’22 ’1t’4ego h0l=.  (There are many varietites of beverages at the store.)
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dajit’o’
one wipes, one dust
Bik11’ na’anish7 dajit’o’.  (One wipes/dust tables.)
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Dam98go Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Dam0o Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Sunday
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Dam0o Biisk1n7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Monday
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Dam0o d00 D99’ Yisk3o Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Dam0o d00 D8’j9 , D9’7j9 Nda’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , D9’7j9 Nida’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Thursday
Literal Translation:   D9’7j9 Nida’anish or D9’7j9 Nda’anish means ‘Four Days the Working Day is Over’.
Literal Translation:   Dam0o d00 D99’ Yisk3o or Dam0o d00 D8’j9 means ‘Sunday and Four Days’ or ‘Sunday plus Four Days’.
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Dam0o d00 D8’j9 , Dam0o d00 D99’ Yisk3o Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , D9’7j9 Nda’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , D9’7j9 Nida’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Thursday
Literal Translation:   D9’7j9 Nida’anish or D9’7j9 Nda’anish means ‘Four Days the Working Day is Over’.
Literal Translation:   Dam0o d00 D99’ Yisk3o or Dam0o d00 D8’j9 means ‘Sunday and Four Days’ or ‘Sunday plus Four Days’.
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Dam0o d00 Naakij8 , Dam0o d00 Naakisk3o Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Naakij9 Nida’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Naakij9 Nda’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Tuesday
Literal Translation:   Naakij9 Nida’anish or Naakij9 Nda’anish means ‘Two Days the Working Day is Over’.
Literal Translation:   Dam0o d00 Naakisk3o or Dam0o d00 Naakij8 means ‘Sunday and Two Days’ or ‘Sunday plus Two Days’.
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Dam0o d00 Naakisk3o Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Dam0o d00 Naakij8 , Naakij9 Nida’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Naakij9 Nda’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Tuesday
Literal Translation:   Naakij9 Nida’anish or Naakij9 Nda’anish means ‘Two Days the Working Day is Over’.
Literal Translation:   Dam0o d00 Naakisk3o or Dam0o d00 Naakij8 means ‘Sunday and Two Days’ or ‘Sunday plus Two Days’.
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Dam0o d00 T11’ Yisk3o Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Dam0o d00 T1g7j9 , T1g7j9 Nda’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , T1g7j9 Nida’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Wednesday
Literal Translation:   T1g7j9 Nida’anish or T1g7j9 Nda’anish means ‘Three Days the Working Day is Over’.
Literal Translation:   Dam0o d00 T11’ Yisk3o or Dam0o d00 T1g7j9 means ‘Sunday and Three Days’ or ‘Sunday plus Three Days’.
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Dam0o d00 T1g7j9 , Dam0o d00 T11’ Yisk3o Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , T1g7j9 Nda’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , T1g7j9 Nida’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Wednesday
Literal Translation:   T1g7j9 Nida’anish or T1g7j9 Nda’anish means ‘Three Days the Working Day is Over’
Literal Translation:   Dam0o d00 T11’ Yisk3o or Dam0o d00 T1g7j9 means ‘Sunday and Three Days’ or ‘Sunday plus Three Days’.
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Dam0o Y1zh7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Yisk3 Dam0o Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Saturday
Literal Translation:   Dam0o Y1zh7 means ‘Sunday Small’ or ‘Sunday Little’ or ‘Sunday Baby’.
Literal Translation:   Yisk3 Dam0o means ‘Tomorrow Sunday’.   ‘Tomorrow Sunday’ means that day is ‘The Day before Sunday’ or ‘Saturday’.
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da’neesk’ani , ta’neesk’ani
cantaloupe
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dan7il’99’
we watched, we saw
Naaldlooshii dan7l’9n7di ch99h yee ’adilohii dan7il’99’.  (We saw a giraffe at the zoo.)
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da’nit’3
in the process of ripening
Da’ak’ehdi da’nit’3.  (There is ripening at the corn field.)
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danit’99h
they ripen
Ch’44hjiy11n ’47 ’ak’eego danit’99h.  (Watermelons ripen in the fall.)
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dash7chei , cheii
maternal grandfather's clan
T0d7ch’7i’nii dash7chei d00 Ta’n44szahnii dash7n1[7.  (The Bitter Water Clan are my maternal grandfather's clan and The Badlands People are my paternal grandfather's clan.)
Hello my friend!   My name is Harrison Lapahie (Jr.).   I am Bit’ahnii, born for T1chii’nii.   My cheii is T0d7ch’7i’nii and my n1l7 is Ta’neeszahnii.
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dash7n1[7 , n1l7
paternal grandfather's clan
T0d7ch’7i’nii dash7chei d00 Ta’n44szahnii dash7n1[7.  (The Bitter Water Clan are my maternal grandfather's clan and The Badlands People are my paternal grandfather's clan.)
Hello my friend!   My name is Harrison Lapahie (Jr.).   I am Bit’ahnii, born for T1chii’nii.   My cheii is T0d7ch’7i’nii and my n1l7 is Ta’neeszahnii.
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dayii[ts3
they saw
’![ch7n7 s-’ dayii[ts3.  (The children saw a star.)
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day0[ta’
they count
Din4 b44d11hai7g77 day0[ta’.  (People count their years of age.)
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-d66’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
from
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d44h Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
tea
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deen7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is sharp (edged as a knife, or pointed)
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deesdoi Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. ,/SPAN> honeezgai Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is hot [an area or space]
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deesh11[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I'll go, I'll arrive
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deesk’aaz Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is cold (an area or space)
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deey1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he/she is going
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deez’1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it sticks out, it extends, a slender stiff object
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deezhch77l Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it has begun to snow
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deidini[
they sprinkle
Din4 t1d7d77n deidini[go yee tsodadilzin.  (Diné sprinkle corn pollen to pray.)
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deij8’44’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
shirt, blouse
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de7l’1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
they stand up (trees)
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d4y1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , d7y1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I am going
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-di Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
at, in, on (a place).   A positional suffix attached at the end of a Navajo word.
Toohdi din4 [a’ bik’i n1hodiis1.  (I performed a ceremony for a man up on the river.)
}d7shch77tahdi shighan.  (I live among the pines.)
T[’44d33’ shim1 s1n7 bighandi shiisk3.  (I spent last night at my grandmother's.)
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-di Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
multiplicative times suffix.   A multiplicative suffix attached at the end of a Navajo number meaning times.
t’11[1h1di  (one time, once)
naakidi  (two times, twice)
t1adi  (three times, thrice)
t’11[1h1di neezn1diin  (one hundred)
t’11[1h1di neezn1diindi  (one hundred times)
naakidi neezn1diin  (two hundred)
naakidi neezn1diindi  (two hundred times)
t1adi neezn1diin  (three hundred)
t1adi neezn1diindi  (three hundred times)
t1adi neezn1diindi m77l  (three hundred thousand)
t’11[1h1di m77l d00 ba’22 n1h1st’4idi neezn1diin d00 ba’22 tsosts’idiin d00 ba’22 tsosts’id  (one thousand nine hundred and seventy seven)   ((1 X 1000) + (9 X 100) + 70 + 7)
n1h1st’47ts’1adahdi neezn1diin d00 ba’22 tsosts’idiin d00 ba’22 tsosts’id  ((19 X 100) + 70 + 7 = 1977)   (one thousand nine hundred and seventy seven)
D7kw7idish2’?  (How many times?)
d7kw7idi sh99  (several times)
l2’7di or t’00 ’ahay07di  (many times)
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dib11’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
thirst
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dib11’ s4l99’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I have become thirsty
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dib4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
sheep
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dib4 bits8’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
mutton
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dib4 dichin daazl99’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
the sheep are hungry
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Dib4 Nitsaa , Dib4 Ntsaa Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Hesperus Peak, Colorado (Sacred Mountain of the North) of the Navajo.   It was created in the Fourth World in Navajo mythology.
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Dib4 Ntsaa Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Dib4 Nitsaa
Hesperus Peak, Colorado (Sacred Mountain of the North) of the Navajo.   It was created in the Fourth World in Navajo mythology.
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dib4[ch7’7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , yisht[izh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
brown color
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dich77[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is beginning to snow
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dichin Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
hunger
Dichin ’47 n1’ooskango bi’7lnii’.  (Hunger begged to be spared and was released.)
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didooch77[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , doodzas Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it will snow
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didoot’11[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it will be given
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didz4tsoh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , dzidz4tsoh
peach
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didz4tsoh bitoo’ , dzidz4tsoh bitoo’
peach juice
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didz4tsoh y1zh7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , dzidz4tsoh y1zh7
apricot
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didz4tsoh y1zh7 bitoo’ , dzidz4tsoh y1zh7 bitoo’
apricot juice
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d77 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
this, these
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d99’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
four
D99’ bin11hai.  Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , (It is four years old.)
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d77d7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
this very
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d98di ’azl99’
4:00 a.m. or p.m.
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d77j9 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
today
D77j9 t0 nidoog44[.  (Haul water today.)
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D9’7j9 Nda’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , D9’7j7 Nida’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Dam0o d00 D99’ Yisk3o Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Dam0o d00 D8’j9
Thursday
Literal Translation:   D9’7j9 Nida’anish or D9’7j9 Nda’anish means ‘Four Days the Working Day is Over’.
Literal Translation:   Dam0o d00 D99’ Yisk3o or Dam0o d00 D8’j9 means ‘Sunday and Four Days’ or ‘Sunday plus Four Days’.
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D9’7j7 Nida’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , D9’7j9 Nda’anish Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Dam0o d00 D99’ Yisk3o Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Dam0o d00 D8’j9
Thursday
Literal Translation:   D9’7j9 Nida’anish or D9’7j9 Nda’anish means ‘Four Days the Working Day is Over’.
Literal Translation:   Dam0o d00 D99’ Yisk3o or Dam0o d00 D8’j9 means ‘Sunday and Four Days’ or ‘Sunday plus Four Days’.
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diishts’a’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I hear it, I understand it
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diists’a’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
to hear it, to understand it
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diists’99h Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I am hearing it
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d99y11l Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
fifty cents
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dik’3 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
square (geometrical figure).   Literal Translation:   it is square-cornered.
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dikos Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
cold (sickness), cough
Haigo din4 dikos bidadilna’.  (People catch dolds during the winter.)
Dikos shidoolna’.  (I have/caught a cold.)
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dikos ’azee’
cough medicine
Dikos ’azee’ ’47 doo [ikan.  (Cough medicine does not taste good.)
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dikos ’azee’ ’ahilneeh7g77 d00 yidl1n7g77
cold medicine, tablets, cough syrup
Dikos ’azee’ yidl1n7g77 yishdl33’ n7t’44’ doo diskos da.  (I am not coughing after taking some cough syrup.)
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dikos ntsaa7g77 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
pneumonia
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d7kw77 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
how many, how much, several
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d7kw7idigo Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
at what time
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d7kw77g77 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
which one [by numbers]
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di[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
blood
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di[hi[go doot[’izh
dark blue color, navy blue color
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di[hi[go [ich77’
dark red color
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dilkos Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he is coughing
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diln7 yilghaa[7
xylophone
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diln77sh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he begins working
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dine’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
animal
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din4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
people, humans, five-fingered
Din4 bi[ k44dah0jit’7n7g77 b7k1’an7j7lwo’go y1’1t’44h.  (It is good to help people in one's community.)
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Din4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , Naabeeh0 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Navajo.
Literal Translation for Din4:   The People.   Navajos called themselves in their language, Din4 (The People).
Naabeeh0:   A Navajo vocalization of the English word Navajo.
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Din4 Bahane’
Navajo Creation Story
Literal Translation:  Din4 (People) + Baa (about him/her/it) + hane’ (story).   Story of the People.
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Din4 Bik1g7 Daasht[izh7g77
American Indians, Native Americans, Natives.   Literal Translation:   dark-skinned or brown skinned people.
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Din4 Bik4yah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Navajo Country, Navajoland
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Din4 Bin1h1sdzo , Naabeeh0 Bin1h1sdzo
The Navajo Reservation
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Din4 saad bee’1l’7n7
Navajo alphabets
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dine’4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
people (same race or group), clan or ethnic group
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d7n4esh’88[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I will take a look
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din4k’ehj7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
in Navajo, according to the Navajo
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din4tah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
among the Navajos
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Din4tah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
original homeland of the Navajos
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din7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
you (singular) say it
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diniih , neezgai
pain, ache, it hurts
diniih:   Literal translation:   it hurts
doo neezgai da  (no pain)
doo ’ay00 neezgai da  (mild pain)
’1[ts’77s7go neezgai  (uncomfortable pain)
t’11 y44d7go neezgai  (severe pain)
y4ego neezgai  (very severe pain)
t’11 7iyis77 y4ego neezgai  (worst imaginable pain)
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dinilb1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
light gray color
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dinilch77’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
pink color
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dinilgai Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
cream color, light beige color, off-white color
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dinilt[’izh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
light blue color, light green color.   In Din4, there is no distinction in light blue color and light green color.
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diniltso Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
light yellow color
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diniltsxo Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
light orange color
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dinilzhin Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
dark brown color
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dinits’a’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
you hear it, you understand it
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d7n7y1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
you are going
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d7n0o[’88[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he will take a look
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dishn77sh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I am beginning to work
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diskos Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I am coughing
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dit[44’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , hodit[44’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it [an area] is wet
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d7y1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , d4y1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I am going
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Diyin Dine’4’
Holy People
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d7zdiin Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
forty
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dizhdi[jah
one builds a fire
Deesk’aazgo dizhdi[jah.  (One builds a fire when it is cold.)
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Dl7n7baa’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Linibah (female name)
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dloh
laughter
Baa dloh hasin.  (It's funny.) (about + laughter + there is = It's funny.)
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dloh hodich7h
teasing
Dloh hodich7h ’47 bee hatah y1’1hoot’4e [eh.  (Teasing makes one feel happy.)
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dl==’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
prairie dog
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d0’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , ’a[d0’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
also, too
Sh7d0’!  (Me too!)
Shideezh7d0’!  (My little sister too!)
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d0lii
bluebird (a species of bird).   A Bird Being in the Blue World of Navajo mythology.
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d0lii[ch77’
red-breasted bluebird, chestnut-breasted bluebird.   The red-breasted (chestnut-breasted) bluebird is a species of bird.
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-d00 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
from a place or point
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d00 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
and
Dikos d00 ts’77hniid00h.  (Cough and sickness.)
’Am1 d00 ’azh4’4 naaltsoos nidayii[niih.  (Mother and father buy books.)
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doo ’1t’4h7 da Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
there is nothing wrong with it
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doo baa ’1h1y32 da
not taken care of
K’ad Nahasdz11n Nihim1 doo baa ’1h1y32 da.  (Our Mother Earth is not taken care of now.)
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doo baa naash1h7 da Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I am not doing anything
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d00 ba’aan Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
and added to it,
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doo b33h ’7l7n7 da , doo ’7l98 da
it is worthless, it has no value, it is cheap
D77 yoostsah nah7n7[nii’7g77 doo b33h ’7l7n7 da!  (This ring that you bought is worthless!)   or   (This ring that you bought is a piece of junk!)
D77 l1ts7n7 doo ’7l98 da.  (This bracelet is worthless (or cheap).)
D77 chid7 ch22’ ndi doo b33h ’7l98 da!  (This car isn't worth a damn!   [Literal translation:   This car not worth manure!])
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doo b22h t4eh da
healthy
Hatah ’1zhd7lz47go ’47 doo b22h t4eh da.  (One is healthy when one exercises.)
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doo bi[ haldin da
upset, unhappy
Shich’4’4 ch’44h naashn4 n7igo biniinaa doo bi[ haldin da.  (My daughter is upset because she wanted to play.)
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doo chohoo’99g00 ’7l9
to be too high in price, to be very high in price, to be too expensive, to be very expensive
K’ad gohw44h doo chohoo’99g00 da’7l9.  (Coffee is too high in price now.)
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doo ... da Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
negation
doo neezgai da  (no pain)
doo ’ay00 neezgai da  (mild pain)
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doo ... g00 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
conditional - if not ...
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doo haats’7id da Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is not good
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doo hwe’1d7l1ah da
not to be naughty, not to misbehave
Doo hwe’1d7l1ah da.  (One should not be naughty/misbehave.)
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doo ’7l98 da , doo b33h ’7l7n7 da
it is worthless, it has no value, it is cheap
D77 l1ts7n7 doo ’7l98 da.  (This bracelet is worthless (or cheap).)
D77 chid7 ch22’ ndi doo b33h ’7l98 da!  (This car isn't worth a damn!   [Literal translation:   This car not worth manure!])
D77 yoostsah nah7n7[nii’7g77 doo b33h ’7l7n7 da!  (This ring that you bought is worthless!)   or   (This ring that you bought is a piece of junk!)
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doo shi[ y1’1t’4eh da Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I do not like it
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doo ts’77 ’1t’4e da
he/she/it is very dangerous
D0ola doo ts’77 ’1t’4e da.  (The bull is very dangerous.)
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-d00 w0shd66’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , -d00shd66’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
from then on
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doo y0o’ajigh1a da
one does not get lost
Ha’jis7idgo doo y0o’ajigh1a da.  (When one is observant one will not get lost.)
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dooda Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , daga’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , nda Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , ndaga’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , nidaga’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
no
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doodzas Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , didooch77[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it will snow
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doog11[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he will go, he will arrive
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Dook’o’oos[77d Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
San Francisco Peaks (Sacred Mountain of the West) just north of Flagstaff, Arizona.   It was created in the Fourth World in Navajo mythology.
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d0ola Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
bull
D0ola doo ts’77 ’1t’4e da.  (The bull is very dangerous.)
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doolee[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it will become
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d0one’4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
clan(s).   To see a listing of Navajo clans, go to Diné Clans.
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-d00shd66’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , -d00 w0shd66’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
from then on
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doot[’izh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , ch’il doot[’izh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , ch’ilgo doot[’izh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona. , t1t[’idgo doot[’izh
green color
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dzaan44z Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
mule
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dzidz4tsoh , didz4tsoh Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
peach
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dzidz4tsoh bitoo’ , didz4tsoh bitoo’
peach juice
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dzidz4tsoh y1zh7 , didz4tsoh y1zh7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
apricot
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dzidz4tsoh y1zh7 bitoo’ , didz4tsoh y1zh7 bitoo’
apricot juice
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dzigha[
club (that used to hit)
T0b1j7shch7n7 ’47 dzigha[ baa y7’nil.  (Born For The Water was given clubs.)
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dzi’iz7
bicycle, bike
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dzi[ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
mountain
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Dzi[ {igai
White Mountain.   Referring to the White Mountain Apaches, White Mountain Apache homeland, or the mountain known in English as Mount Baldy.
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Dzi[ N1’oodi[ii
Huerfano Mesa (Sacred Mountain of the Center), New Mexico.   Dzi[ N1’oodi[ii was created in the Fourth World of Navajo mythology.   The name refers to a mythological event involving the movement of people around the mesa.
dzi[ (mountain) + n1’oodi[ (people move around it) + ii (the one)
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dzi[ n7’1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
the mountain extends
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