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Diné (Navajo) - English Dictionary: T, T’, T[, T[’, Ts, Ts’

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- T, T’, T[, T[’, Ts, Ts’ -

Sound: T as in Hat – t11’ (three). T’ as in tap – t’11[1’7 (one). There is an immediate stop after the T for the glottal stop. T[ as in clock – t[ah (lotion, cream, ointment). Position tongue against the roof of the mouth and blow air out the sides of the tongue to make the T[ sound. T[’ – t[’oh (grass, hay). Click the tongue as when making a horse move. Tongue is against the roof of mouth to make the T[’ sound. Ts as in sail – tsah (needle). Ts’ – ts’ah (sage brush). Position the front part of tongue behind the front teeth and blow air out to make the Ts’ sound.

t11’

three
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t’11

just
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t’11 ’aan77

it is true, it really is
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t’11 ’1h1n7

close by, near
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t’11 ’1ko

that's all
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t’11 ’1k0d7

that's all
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t’11 ’1k0d7j8’

up to that point
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t’11 ’1kw77j9

every day
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t’11 ’1[a

both of them
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t’11 ’a[’22 bi[ nahaz’3

department(s)/area(s)
Ch’iy11n b1hooghandi ch’iy11n t’11 ’a[’22 bi[ nahaz’3. (There are departments/areas for food in the grocery store.)
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t’11 ’1[ah7j8’ , t’11 ’1[ahj8’

all the time, every day
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t’11 ’1[tso

all of it/them
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t’11 ’1n7idla

both of us
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t’11 ’1n7iltso

all of us
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t’11 ’1niit’4

all of us
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t’11 ’1noht’4

all of you
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t’11 ’1n0[a

both of you
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t’11 ’1n0[tso

all of them
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t’11 ’1t’4

all of it, all of them
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t’11 ’1y7d7

near, close by
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t’11 d7kw7h7 , t’11 d7kw77

just a few
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t’11 din4

Navajo
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t’11 hw0’ ’aj7 t’4ego

self-determination, Just Move It.
Traditional Navajos believe in t’11 hw0’ ’aj7 t’4ego or self-determination, a reliance on themselves to fix anything that ails them. This includes taking responsibility for their actions and issues.
When capitalized, T’11 Hw0’ ’Aj7 T’4ego means "Just Move It", a Navajo Nation health program where Navajo citizens jog on scheduled days in their communities in order to limit or control diabetes and heart disease.
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t’11 ’77d33’

already
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t’11 ’7iyis7 , t’11 ’7iyis77

really, very
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t11’ naaznil7

chapter officers
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t’11 sahdii

by itself
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t’11 s1h7

by himself, alone
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t’11 y1’1t’44h

it is quite good
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T’33chil

April (calendar month)
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t’11di ’azl99’

3:00 a.m. or p.m.
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t1a’di m77l

three thousand
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t’1adoo

not
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t’1adoo le’4

things
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t’1adoo n7y1a da

he never came
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t’1adoo y1n7[ti’7

don't talk
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t11h0jigis

one mops
Ni’g00 t11h0jigis. (One mops the floor.)
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t’11k1

don't (negative with optative verbs)
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t’11[1’7 , [1a’ii , [a’77

one, each one, just one
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t’11[a’7di ’azl99’

1:00 a.m. or p.m.
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t’1ani’ t1zhd7lyeed

walking
T’1ani’ t1zhd7lyeedgo ’47 hats’77s b1 y1’1t’44h. (Walking is good for the body.)
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t’11sh ’aan77

one
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t11’ts’1adah

thirteen
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T’33tsoh

May (calendar month)
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t11’yisk1n7d33’

three days ago
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t1’1zdigis b1 haz’1n7

bathroom
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t1ch44h

sweathouse. It was created in the Fourth World of Navajo mythology.
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t1d7d77n

corn pollen
T1d7d77n nazhni[dah. (One shakes off corn pollen.)
T1d7d77n bin7k1zhn7[dah. (One sifts corn pollen.)
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t1diin

thirty
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t1diin d00 ba’aan naaki

thirty-two
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T1g7j9 Nda’anish , T1g7j9 Nida’anish , Dam0o d00 T11’ Yisk3o , Dam0o d00 T1g7j9

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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T1g7j9 Nida’anish , T1g7j9 Nda’anish , Dam0o d00 T11’ Yisk3o , Dam0o d00 T1g7j9

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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t’ah , t’ahdii

yet, still
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t’ah1lo

wait!
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t’ahdii , t’ah

still, yet
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t1[t[’11h ha’al44h , toohj8’ noo[nahi7

blue heron (a species of bird). A Bird Being in the Blue World of Navajo mythology.
t1[t[’11h (from under the water) + ha’al44h (all of a sudden it appears, it appears)
toohj8’ (to the water, at the water) + noo[nahi7 (something moving)
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tanaashgiizh

thick cornmeal mush
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t1n1sgis

I wash it
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t1n4igis

he washes it
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ta’neesk’ani , da’neesk’ani

cantaloupe
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t1niil’aii

dragonfly
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t1t[’idgo doot[’izh , ch’il doot[’izh , doot[’izh

green color
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t1zd7sht’44h

to zip around (move about speedily)
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t2zhii

turkey
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t2zhii bits8’

turkey meat
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t44h [99’

zebra, water horse (mythological animal), sea horse
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t4’4’9

poverty
T4’4’9 ’47 naay44’ ’1t’4. (Poverty is a monster.)
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t’47 , t’4iy1

only
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t4lii

donkey
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t8’ , t8’65

let's go, let us go, come on let's go
T8’ hooghang00 n4ikah! (Let's go home!)
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t’iis

tree (cottonwood)
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t’iishb17

aspen
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t’iists’00z

Lombardy poplar
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T’iists’00z Ńdeeshgiizh

Crownpoint, New Mexico
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Tiisyaakin

Holbrook
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t[’aaka[

skirt
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t[ah , bee ’1d7lt[ah7

lotion, cream, ointment
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t[’aj8’44’

pants, trousers
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t[’44’

night. It was created in the Fourth World in Navajo mythology.
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t[’44’ b7ighah

all night, all night long, the whole night through
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t[’44d33

last night
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t[’4e’go , yoo[k11[

at night, during the night, night-time, a/the night is passing (the period from sundown to sunup)
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t[’44’77[n77’

midnight
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t[’44’77[n77’ d00 bik’ij8’

after midnight
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t[’iish

snake, reptile
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t[’7z7

goat
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t[’7z7 y00 ’eelwod

the goat ran away, the goat got lost
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T[’0g7

Zia, NM. Zia is a pueblo in New Mexico.
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t[’oh

grass, hay
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t[’0o’di

outside
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t[’00[

rope, string
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t0

water
D77j9 t0 nidoog44[. (Haul water today.)
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t0 bii’ naago’7

level (tool)
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t0 d7ch’7i’nii

bitter water clan
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t0 h11l9

spring, fountain
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t0 siy7n7

lake, pond, sea
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T0b1j7shch7n7

Child Born-of-Water, Child Born-from-Water, Born-for-Water. The younger son of Changing Woman and the Sun.
T0b1j7shch7n7 ’47 ’atsil7 nil9. (Child Born-of-Water is the younger brother.)
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t0dilchxosh7

soda pop, soft drink
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T0d7n4eshzhee’

Kayenta
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T0naneesdiz7

Tuba City
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t’00

just, merely
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t’00 ’ahay07

many
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t’00 ’ahonii’y07

we are many
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t’00 ’ahonohy07

you are manyu
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t’00 baa’ih

it is dirty
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t’00 bahoo’ih

it is bad (road)
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t’00 sh99 ’1n7

he's likely just saying it
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Tooh

Shiprock
Toohd66’ n1n7sdz1. (I have returned from Shiprock.)
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toohj8’

to the water, at the water
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toohj8’ noo[nahi7 , t1[t[’11h ha’al44h

blue heron (a species of bird). A Bird Being in the Blue World of Navajo mythology.
toohj8’ (to the water, at the water) + noo[nahi7 (something moving)
t1[t[’11h (from under the water) + ha’al44h (all of a sudden it appears, it appears)
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Tota’

Farmington
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t0zis

glass, bottle
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t0zis bee ’adl1n7

drinking glass
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tsah

needle
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ts’ah

sage (herb/medicine plant) brush
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ts1sk’eh

bed
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ts4

rock
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Ts4 Bit’a’7

Shiprock Peak, New Mexico
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ts4 [ich77’ deez’1h7

red rock extending
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Ts4 {ich77’ Deez’1h7

Sanders, Arizona
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Ts4ch’7zh7

Rough Rock
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ts4d7d44h

purple color
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tseeb7diin

eighty
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tseeb77

eight
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tseeb7idi ’azl99’

8:00 a.m. or p.m.
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tseeb77ts’1adah

eighteen
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Ts4gh1hoodz1n7

Window Rock, Arizona
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Ts4hootsoo7

Fort Defiance, Arizona
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ts4k’i

1) on a stone 2) on the tail, on the lower back
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ts4k’i ya’ii’1hii (Eastern Navajo, popular version) , w00seek’idii (Western Navajo)

tobacco hornworm
ts4k’i (on the lower back) + ya’ii’1 (something sticks up) + (h)ii (the one)
W0seek’idii ’47 ch’osh ’1t’4. (The tobacoo hornworm is an insect/bug.)
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ts4’naa

across
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ts4n1dleeh7

cement
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ts4ni[

axe
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ts4s’n1

wasp
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ts4s-’

window, glass
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ts4tah

among rocks
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Ts4yaat0h7

Cortez, Colorado
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ts7dii

bird
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tsiigh1 hasht’eel’ini

hair dresser
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ts’77h niid00h , ts’77hniid00h

sickness, disease
ts’77h niid00h (body + into, heat moves = heats moves into the body = fever)
I’niihahgo ts’77h niid00h nikidiigh11h. (Sickness starts going around with the beginning of winter.)
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ts’77hniid00h , ts’77h niid00h

sickness, disease
ts’77hniid00h (body + into + heat moves = heats moves into the body = fever)
I’niihahgo ts’77hniid00h nikidiigh11h. (Sickness starts going around with the beginning of winter.)
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ts99[go

hurry, in a hurry
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ts98lgo yilki[7g77

seconds (time measurement)
ts98lgo (hurry) yilki[ (to be moving along in a slow dragging manner, as the hands of a clock)
Aka[ii ’47 ts98lgo yilki[7g77 bik’ehgo d0ola bi[ nida’algeed. (Cowboys use seconds to time thie bull riding.)
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ts’iilz47

trash
Ts’iilz47 doo ni’g00 ajii[t[’iid da. (One should not throw trash on the ground.)
{ahg00 ts’iilz47 t’00 haadaas’1. (There is trash scattered about in some places.)
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ts’iilz47 n7jiilah

one picks up trash
Haghan binaag00 ts’iilz47 n7jiilah. (One picks up trash around the home.)
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tsiits’iin , ’atsiits’iin

head (body), skull
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tsiits’iin diniih

headache
Shitsiits’iin diniih. (I have a headache.)
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tsiits’iin diniih ’azee’ , tsiits’iin diniih ’azee’ ’ahilneeh7g77

headache medicine, aspirin, tylenol, pills, tablets
tsiits’iin diniih ’azee’ (head + pain, ache, it hurts + medicine = headache medicine)
Shim1 tsiits’iin diniih ’azee’ ’ahilneeh7g77 bee h0l=. (My mother has headache medicine/pills.)
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tsiits’iin diniih ’azee’ ’ahilneeh7g77 , tsiits’iin diniih ’azee’

headache medicine, aspirin, tylenol, pills, tablets
tsiits’iin diniih ’azee’ (head + pain, ache, it hurts + medicine = headache medicine)
Shim1 tsiits’iin diniih ’azee’ ’ahilneeh7g77 bee h0l=. (My mother has headache medicine/pills.)
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tsin

wood, tree, stick, post
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tsin bee hahalzh7sh7

chisel
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tsin bee nehech’iish7 , bee ’ach’iish7 , bee nehech’iish7

saw, handsaw
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tsin bineest’2’

fruit(s)
tsin bineest’2’ ’1daaniid7 (fresh fruit)
Ch’44hjiy11n ’47 tsin bineest’2’ ’1t’4. (Watermelon is a fruit.)
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tsin bineest’2’ ’1daaniid7

fresh fruit
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tsin sit3

mile
Tsosts’id tsin sit3 naaly4h4 b1hooghan d00 koj8’. (It is seven miles from the bank to here.)
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tsineheeshj77’ ’a[t’1’7

thin board, plywood
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tsits’aa’

box
’Asdz33 ’atah naan4ego tsits’aa’ bine’di n1h0dees’99’. (When the woman was playing the game she hid them behind the box.)
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tsodadilzin

pray (they)
Din4 tsodadilzin yiitsa’. (I hear people praying.)
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Tsoodzi[

Mount Taylor, New Mexico (the southern sacred mountain of the Navajo). It was created in the Fourth World of Navajo mythology.
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tsosts’id

seven
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tsosts’idi ’azl99’

7:00 a.m. or p.m.
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tsosts’idiin

seventy
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tsosts’idts’1adah

seventeen
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Creator(s):	Harrison Lapahie Jr.
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Version:	5.0
Updated:	04/20/2011
Curator(s):	Harrison Lapahie Jr.
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