Diné (Navajo) - English Dictionary:  I

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-7

the one
It is a suffix added to the end of a word.
Example:   [99’ nood=-zii:   zebra.   Literal translation:   [99’ (horse) + nood==z (to be striped) + –ii (the one).
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-7g77

the one who, that which
A suffix added to the end of a word.
Example:   ’0lta’ t’11[1’7d00 tseeb7ij9’ ni’iilt1h7g77:   elementary school, grade school.   Literal translation:   ’0lta’ (school) + t’11[1’7d00’ (from one) + tseeb7ij9’ (as far as eight) + ni’iilt1h (an indefinite person stops reading or going to school) + –7g77 (the one).   The school in which one studies from [grade] one to [grade] eight.
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’7hoo’aah

something is learned
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-ii

the particular one
It is a suffix added to the end of a word.
Example:   Zhinii:   African, Negro, Black person.   Literal translation:   zhin = [i–zhin (he is black) + –ii (the one).
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’77’1

it extends up, it sticks up, it stands [tree, pole, etc.]
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’77d33’

then [in past] long ago, during that time, at that time
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’iideeshhosh

I will sleep
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’77d4it32’

thick, thickness
B11h [ikan7 ’47 ’ashdla’ ’asdzoh ’77d4it32’.  (The cake is five inches thick.)
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’iidoo[hosh

he will sleep
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’77dool77[

he will make it, he will built it
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’iih

into it
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’iih ’iilyeed

he gets in
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’iih ’iishyeed

I get in
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’i’77’3 , ’e’e’aah

sunset, sundown, evening
’e’e’aah has a secondary difinition of “west”.   Look for it under west.
’I’77’3d33’ ’47 Hozdohd66’ n1niikai.  (We came home from Phoenix at sunset.)
’I’77’32go da’iid33’.  (In the evening we ate supper.)
Sh7 tsx98[go hooghang00 n11shd1a[ doo t’1adoo ’e’eaah7 h11l1 ’i’77’32go ’47 chaha[hee[ hodoolee[ d00 shichid7 bin11’ ’1din.  (I'm in a hurry to get back home because it gets dark after sundown and my car has no lights.)
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’i’iilkeedi

photographer
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’77j44’

they went
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’77l44h

he is making it, he is building it
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’ii[haazh

he or I slept
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’77[’9

he makes it as an [occupation]
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’77[’7n7

the one who makes it as an [occupation]
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’ii’ni’

lightning
’Ii’ni’ ’47 naha[tingo h0l=.  (There is lightning when it rains.)
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’77n7[ta’

you are reading, you are going to school
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’77n7shta’

I am reading, I am going to school
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’7ish[aa , ’1sh[aa

I made it, I built it
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’77shn7[ts’33’

you listen
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’77s7sts’33’

I am listening
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’77sts’33’

he is listening
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’77y33’

he ate
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’7iyis7 , ’7iyis77

really, truly
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’7iyis77 , ’7iyis7

really, truly
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’i[ ’adaakaa[7

nail
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’7l9

value, valueable, expensive, precious
D77 ts4 ’ay0o ’7l9.  (This stone is very valuable (expensive).)
Doot[’izhii k’ad ’ay0o da’7l9 hazl99’.  (Turquoise has become very expensive now.)
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’7l9k’ehgo

respectfully, with respect
Naabeeh0 binahagha’ ’7l9k’ehgo baa nts4skees.  (I respect the Navajo religion.)
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’7nda , ’7nd7da

then, and then [at that time], only then, ever
Chizh ’ahid77n7[kaalgo ’7nda yah ’ahid77jih.  (When you have chopped the wood [then] carry it inside.)
N7la’ t11s7n7gizgo ’7nda ’ad77y99[.  (You will eat only after you’ve washed your hands.)
’Ad33d33’ ’7nda chid7 naa’na’7 nis4[b33z.  (Yesterday was the first time that I ever drove a tractor.)
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’7nd7da , ’7nda

then, and then [at that time], only then, ever
Chizh ’ahid77n7[kaalgo ’7nda yah ’ahid77jih.  (When you have chopped the wood [then] carry it inside.)
N7la’ t11s7n7gizgo ’7nda ’ad77y99[.  (You will eat only after you’ve washed your hands.)
’Ad33d33’ ’7nda chid7 naa’na’7 nis4[b33z.  (Yesterday was the first time that I ever drove a tractor.)
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-7sh , -1sh , -0sh , -4sh

question suffix
A suffix serving to introduce a question.   It may be preceded by da’ if the question is to be answered back [with a yes or no type of answer].
(Da’) dichin7sh ]l9?  (Are you hungry?)     ’Aoo’, dichin nish[9.  (Yes, I am hungry.)
(Da’) Din4tsoh7sh yin7ly4?  (Is your name Din4tsoh?)     ’Aoo’, Din4tsoh yinishy4.  (Yes, my name is Din4tsoh.)
’Ad33d3’1sh doo Na’n7zhoozh7g00 nis7n7y1a da?  (Didn't you go to Gallup yesterday?)
T[’44d3’1sh yidzaaz?  (Did it snow last night?)
T’11 hooghan7g77sh bii’ nighan?  (Do you live in a hogan?)
T’11sh y1’1t’4ehgo ’atiin chid7 bee?  (Is the road alright for a car?)
Da’ d77sh T0d7n4eshzhee’g00 ’atiin?  (Is this the road to Kayenta?)
T’1adoo le’4sh n7n7zin?  (Do you want something?)
Nicheii biisx7ini7sh ni[ b44h0zin?  (Do you know the cause of death of your grandfather?)
T’ah do0sh nidi[ n1 ’1ln4eh da?  (Haven't you had a blood test yet?)
Da’ ’aw4’4sh ni[t’o’?  (Do you nurse the baby?)
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