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’0lta’

school;   reading [studies], counting or reading takes place
’)lta’di na’nishtin.  (I teach at the school.)
Nih7 ’47 ’0lta’gi na’niitin.  (We [two] teach at that school.)
Nih7 ’0lta’gi nida’niitin.  (We [3 or more] teach at the school.)
B1’0lta’7 ’0lta’ yiniiy4 hasht’4’1d7ln44h.  (Teachers are preparing for school.)
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’0lta’ g0ne’ bik’i nda’adzoo7g77

black board, white board
Literally:  ’0lta’ (school) + g0ne’ (inside) + bik’i (on it) + nda’adzo (plural indefinite people mark around) + –7g77’ (the one)
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’0lta’ h0tsaa

high school, secondary school;   college
Literally:  ’0lta’ (school) + h0tsaa (big place)
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’0lta’ bitsineheeshj77’

school board
Literally:  ’0lta’ (school) + bitsineheeshj77’ (its board, its plank)
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’0lta’ n1h1st’47d00 naakits’1adahj8’ ni’iilt1h7g77

high school, secondary school
Literally:  ’0lta’ (school) + n1h1st’47 (nine) + –d00 (from) + naakits’1adah (twelve) + –j8’ (as far as) + ni’iilt1h (studying stops) + –7g77 (the one).   The school in which studying goes on from nine as far as twelve.
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’0lta’ t’11[1’7d00 tseeb7ij9’ ni’iilt1h7g77

elementary school, grade school
Literally:  ’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.
Na’n7zhoozh7di ’0lta’ t’11[1’7d00 tseeb7ij9’ ni’iilt1h7g77 ’a[tso y7[ta’.  (I finished elementary school in Gallup.)
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’0lta’di t[’4e’go ’1[ch7n7 danijah7

school dormitory
Literally:  ’0lta’di (at school) + t[’4e’go (at night) + ’1[ch7n7 (children) + danijah (they customarily lie down, sleep) + –7 (the one)
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’0[ta’7

student, pupil, scholar, schoolboy, schoolgirl
Literally:  ’0[ta’ (he counts, he reads) + –7 (the one)
Hahgosh2’ ne’0[ta’7 bi[ ]d77t’ash?  (When will you bring your child back [to school]?) or (When will you bring your school child back?)
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’0lta’j8’ ’atah n7n11da’iild44h

it is school in again
K’ad ’47 ’0lta’j8’ ’atah n7n11da’iild44h.  (It is time to return to that school again.)
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’oo’11[ , j98go

daytime, during the day, to be day, to be sunlight, a/the day is passing (the period from sunup to sundown)
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’ooldlosh

he will ride a quadruped
’Ad33d33’ ’atiing00 shi[ ’ooldlosh ]t’44’ [99’ shi[ deezgo’.  (I was riding along the road yesterday when the horse fell with me.)
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’oolj44’ , ’oolj47

moon.   It was created in the Fourth World of Navajo mythology.
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’oolj47 , ’oolj44’

moon.   It was created in the Fourth World of Navajo mythology.
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’oolki[

time
D7kw77g00 l1 ’oolki[?  (What time is it?)
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’0oly4

it is called
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