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Diné (Navajo) - English Dictionary:  K, K’, Kw

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 ]


- K, K’, Kw -

    Sound:  K as in kind – kin (store, house).   K’ – k’aa’ (arrow).   Position back of tongue against roof of mouth and push air out to make k’ sound.   Kw as in queen – d7kw77 (how many, how much, several)

k’aa’
arrow
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k’ad Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
now
K’ad ’47 ’0lta’j8’ ’atah n7n11da’iild44h.  (It is time to return to that school again.)
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k’ad65 ’a[n4’4’aah
almost noon
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k’ad65 t[’44’77[n77’
before midnight
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k’ai’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
willow
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k4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
shoe, pair of shoes
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k4 ’77[’7n7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
shoe maker, cobbler
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k4 sil1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
foot (measurement)
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k44hasht’9 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I reside
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k44hat’9 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he resides
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k’4h4zdon Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
straight (road)
Kw4’4 k’4h4zdongo ’atiin.  (The street/road is straight here.)
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k’ehj7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
in its pattern
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k4jeeh7
sneakers
K4jeeh7 bee n4ishtih.  (I run in sneakers.)
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K4shmish
Christmas
K4shmish ’47 Bilag1ana bi’0’ool’99[ ’1t’4.  (Christmas is a part of the Western culture.)
K4shmishgo ’47 ’ach’8’ ’1daalne’.  (There are presents at Christmas.)
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k4yah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
land
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k’4zdon Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
it is straight (board, stick)
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k’ida’deezl1
planted (they have)
Shik’47 k’ida’deezl1.  (My relatives planted.)
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k’id77l1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I planted it
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k’i’d77l1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I planted
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k’i’dil4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he's planting
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k’idish[4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I'm planting it
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k’i’dish[4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
I'm planting
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k’iidil4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
he plants it
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Kiis’1anii Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Hopi, Pueblo
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kin Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
store, house
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kin bik’4sti’7g77 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
roofing
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kin dah shijaa’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
village
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kin haal’1 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
city, town
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kin ’77[’7n7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
a builder, carpenter
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kind66’
from the store
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Kin[1n7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
Flagstaff, Arizona or Durango, Colorado.   The context of the Navajo sentence distinguish if a person is speaking of Flagstaff or Durango.
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Kin[1n7di
at Flagstaff (Arizona)
Kin[1n7 (Flagstaff) + di (over there)
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kintah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
town, among the houses
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k-’
fire.   It was created in the Fourth World of Navajo Mythology.
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k-’ yini[ts4s7
fire truck
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k-’ yini[ts4s77
fire fighter
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kodi Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
here at this spot
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k0hoot’44d33’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
at this time last year
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koj7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
this way, this place
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k0n1hoot’4h7 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
next year
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k0ne’ Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
in here
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k0n7[d77l Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
this big, this thick
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k0n7[n44z Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
this long, tall
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k0n7[t44l Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
this wide
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k0n7[tso Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
this big, large
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k== Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
here, about in this general area
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k0t’eego Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
thus, like this
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k0yah Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
down, downward
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kwe’4 Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
right here
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kwii Voice of Lynette Willie from Cove, Arizona.
here, right here, in this area
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