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English - Diné (Navajo) Dictionary: F

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face

’anii’
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(facing) in front of him

bid11h
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fag, faggot, homosexual, gay (a male)

n1dleeh
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faggot, homosexual, gay (a male), fag

n1dleeh
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fall (night)

hi[hiij99’
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far (how)

haa ]z11d , haash99 n4el33’
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Farms (Many), Arizona

D1’1k’eh Hal1n7
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farthest behind (the), the last

’ak44d66’ , ’ak44’d66’
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fat, lard, oil, grease

’ak’ah
’Ak’ah ’47 hats’77s doo b1 y1’1t’4eh da. (Fat is not good for the body.)
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father

’azh4’4 , hataa’
’Azh4’4 bidziil. (A father is strong.)
’Am1 d00 ’azh4’4 naaltsoos nidayii[niih. (Mother and father buy books.)
Hataa’ baazhn7’11zh baa hane’ (The story of visiting the father)
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father (father's), father's mother, paternal grandmother, paternal grandfather

’an1l7
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father (his/her)

bizh4’4
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father (paternal grand), paternal grandmother, father's dad, father's mom

’an1l7
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father (their)

hazh4’4
Ham1 da hazh4’4 da bi’44’ b1 b1jiigis. (One can wash their mother's or father's clothes.)
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father's brother, paternal uncle

’azh4’4 y1zh7
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father's clan (i am born for it - my). I am born for it (my father's clan), the clan for which I am born.

b1 sh7shch77n , b1sh7shch77n
T1chii’nii b1sh7shch77n. (I was born for the Red-Running-Into-Water Clan.) or (My father's clan is Red-Running-Into-Water Clan.)
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father's clan (you are born for it - the). You are born for it (the father's clan)

b1 sh7n7lch77n , b1sh7n7lch77n
Ha’1t’7ish2’ b1sh7n7lch77n? (What is your father's clan?.) or (What clan were you born for?)
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father's father, father's mother, paternal grandmother, paternal grandfather

’an1l7
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father's mother, father's dad, paternal grandmother, paternal grandfather

’an1l7
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father's parents (plural), paternal grandparents (plural)

’an1l7k4 , han1l7k4
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fear, scare

h0y44’
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feathers (life)

hin11h bits’os
Hin11h bits’os ’47 ligai. (The life feather is white.)
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February, small eagles. February (small eagles) is meant to mean that this is the month of the "Birth of Eaglets".

’Ats1 Biy11zh
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feet (measurement in), foot (measurement in)

’ad4es’eez
Shiy11zh ’47 hast33 ’ad4es’eez ’1n7[n44z. (My son is six feet tall.)
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female (daughter of a)

bich’4’4
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female hogan
A regular-hexagon or regular-octagon hogan. It was created in the Fourth World of Navajo mythology.

hooghan bi’11d
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female (son of a)

biy11zh
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fever (he/she had a), he/she became sick

bitah honiigai
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fever (he/she has a), he/she is sick

bitah honeezgai
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field, garden

d1’1k’eh
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fifteen cents

g7insi
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fifty cents

d99y11l
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filler word

4iy1
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filth, dirt

chin
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finger

’1l1zhoozh
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fire (one builds a)

dizhdi[jah
Deesk’aazgo dizhdi[jah. (One builds a fire when it is cold.)
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firewood

chizh
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first, wait

’1[ts4 , ’1ts4
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First Man. The first man in Navajo mythology. First Woman and First Man have been around since the beginning.

’Ats4 Hastiin
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First Woman. The first woman in Navajo mythology. First Woman and First Man have been around since the beginning.

’Ats4 ’Asdz33 , ’Ats4 ’Asdz33n
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five

’ashdla’
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five-fingered, people, humans

din4
Din4 bi[ k44dah0jit’7n7g77 b7k1’an7j7lwo’go y1’1t’44h. (It is good to help people in one's community.)
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5:00 a.m. or 5:00 p.m.

’azhdladi ’azl99’
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flashlight

bee n’dildlaad7
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flesh, meat

’ats8’
Naaly4h4 b1hooghandi ’ats8’ d00 nanise’ dah0l=. (Meats, fruits and vegetables at the supermarket.)
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flesh (his/her/its), his/her/its meat

bits8’
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flour

’ak’11n
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flowing up out as a fountain (water), water spring

h11l9
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folds [blanket, clothes, etc.] (one). one folds [blanket, clothes, etc.].

’ah33h dazhniileeh
’$4’ ’ah33h dazhniileeh. (One folds clothes.)
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food, groceries

ch’iy11n
Ch’iy11n nahashniih. (I am buying groceries/food.)
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food store, grocery store

ch’iy11n b1 hooghan
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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foot

’ak44’
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foot (at its), at its base

bits98di
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foot (measurement in), feet (measurement in)

’ad4es’eez
Shiy11zh ’47 hast33 ’ad4es’eez ’1n7[n44z. (My son is six feet tall.)
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for, for that reason, inasmuch as

h11l1
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for each other (helping)

’ah7[k1
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for him, after him

b7k1
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for his/her/its benefit

b1
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for that reason, for, inasmuch as

h11l1
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for which one studies (that)

baa ’0lta’
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forehead

’at11’
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forget about it! (do not)

baa y00n44h
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forgot about it (I), I forgot it

beis4nah
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forgot it (I), I forgot about it

beis4nah
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fork (table)

b7la’ t1a’ii
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forty

d7zdiin
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fountain (water flowing up out as a), water spring

h11l9
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four

d99’
D99’ bin11hai. , (It is four years old.)
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4:00 a.m. or p.m.

d98di ’azl99’
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Francisco Peaks (San), Sacred Mountain of the West, just north of Flagstaff, Arizona. It was created in the Fourth World of Navajo mythology.

Dook’o’oos[77d
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fresh fruit

tsin bineest’2’ ’1daaniid7
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friend (his), sibling of the same sex

bik’is
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frog

ch’a[
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from

-d66’
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from him, at his expense

bits’33d66’ , bits’33d00
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from him (away)

bits’33’
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from then on

-d00 w0shd66’ , -d00shd66’
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from there

’11d66’
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from where

h11d66’
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front of him (facing in)

bid11h
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front of him (in), ahead of him

bil32ji’
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front (up), ahead

’al32j8’
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fruit (fresh)

tsin bineest’2’ ’1daaniid7
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fruit (orange)

ch’il [itsoo7 , ch’il [itsxoo7
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fruit(s)

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

dah d7n7ilghaazh
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futilely, in vain

ch’44h
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