English - Diné (Navajo) Dictionary:  T

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table

bik11’ad1n7 , bik’i’ad1n7
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table fork

b7la’ t1a’ii
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tablets, cough syrup, cold medicine

dikos ’azee’ ’ahilneeh7g77 d00 yidl1n7g77
Dikos ’azee’ yidl1n7g77 yishdl33’ n7t’44’ doo diskos da.  (I am not coughing after taking some cough syrup.)
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tail, tailbone

’atsee’
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tailbone, tail

’atsee’
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tailor, clothes marker

’44’77[’7n7
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take a look (he will)

d7n0o[’88[
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take a look (I will)

d7n4esh’88[
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take care of it (I)

’1h1shy3 , baa ’1h1shy3
She’aw44’ baa ’1h1shy3.  (I take care of my baby.)
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take care of one another (to)

’ahaa’1dahojily3
Bi[ haj77j47’ ’47 bi[ ’ahaa’1dahojily3.  (Sibilngs take care of one another.)
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take care of (to)

baa ’1hojily3
Hats’77s baa ’1hojily3.  (One takes care of the body.)
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take care of (we [3 or more])

baa ’1dahwiily3
Nihahast07 d00 nihiz1anii baa ’1dahwiily3.  (We [3 or more] take care of our elder men and elder women.)
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take care of (we [two])

baa ’1hwiily3
Niha’1[ch7n7 baa ’1hwiily3.  (We [two] take care of our children.)
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taken care of

baa ’1h1y32
K’ad Nahasdz11n Nihim1 doo baa ’1h1y32 da.  (Our Mother Earth is not taken care of now.)
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taken care of (not)

doo baa ’1h1y32 da
K’ad Nahasdz11n Nihim1 doo baa ’1h1y32 da.  (Our Mother Earth is not taken care of now.)
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takes care of it (he)

’1h1ly3
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takes care of one

haa’1h1ly3
Ham1 ’47 haa’1h1ly3.  (A mother takes care of you.)
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taking care of, watching

baa ’1h1y32gi
Nahasdz11n Nihim1 baa ’1h1y32gi  (taking care of Mother Earth)
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talk with him/her

bi[ ’ahi[ hojilne’
H1’1[ch7n7 bi[ ’ahi[ hojilne’go y1’1t’44h.  (It is good to talk with one's children.)
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talks back

’ad11h y1j7[ti’
’Ad11h y1j7[ti’go doo y1’1t’44h da.  (It is not good to talk back.)
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tall (it is relatively), it is relatively long

’1n7[n44z
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tape (measuring), measuring ruler

bee ’7da’neel’22h7
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tassel (its)

biz00l
Naad33’ biz00l ’47 t1d7d77n b33h h0l=.  (There is pollen on the tassel of the corn.)
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tasty (it is)

’1h1lniih , halniih
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taught (they were)

yee nidabineezt33’
Din4 ’47 Diyin Dine’4 nahasdz11n baa’ 1hay3 yee nidabineezt33’, jin7.  (It is told that the Holy People taught the people how to care for Mother Earth.)
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tea

d44h
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teach (I)

na’nishtin
’)lta’di na’nishtin.  (I teach at the school.)
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teach (we [3 or more])

nida’niitin
Nih7 ’0lta’gi nida’niitin.  (We [3 or more] teach at the school.)
B1’0lta’7 nida’niitin yiniiy4 nidaha’1.  (Teachers are planning for teaching.)
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teach (we [two])

na’niitin
Nih7 ’47 ’0lta’gi na’niitin.  (We [two] teach at the school.)
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teacher

b1’0lta’7
b1’0lta’7 nish[9. ,  (I am a teacher.)
B1’0lta’7 ’0lta’ yiniiy4 hasht’4’1d7ln44h.  (Teachers are preparing for school.)
B1’0lta’7 na’nitin yiniiy4 nidaha’1.  (Teachers are planning for teaching.)
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teasing

dloh hodich7h
Dloh hodich7h ’47 bee hatah y1’1hoot’4e [eh.  (Teasing makes one feel happy.)
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teeth (his/her)

biwoo’
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telephone, cell phone.   Literally:  metal calling

b44sh bee hane’7 , b44sh halne’7 , b44sh bee hane’4
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tell (him/her to)

bi[ hojilne’
’![ch7n7 na’nitin bee bi[ hojilne’.  (He/she told the child about the teachings.)
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tell it (he will)

hodoolnih
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tell it (I will)

hodeeshnih
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telling something (he is)

halne’
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telling something (I am)

hashne’
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than it (smaller)

bi’oh ’1n7[tso
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than (less)

bi’oh
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thank you

’ah4hee’
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thankful about it (I am), I appreciate it

baa ’ah44h nisin
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thankfulness

’ah44h
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that
Generally refers to something remote from the speaker.

’ei
Nih7 ’47 ’0lta’gi na’niitin.  (We [two] teach at that school.)
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that direction (in)

’11j7
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that for which one studies

baa ’0lta’
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that (if not), or else

’47 doodago
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that is why I am saying it

’47 b22 ’1d7shn7
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that (like)

’1k0-
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that one

’eid7
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that reason (for), for, inasmuch as

h11l1
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that way (it being)

’1k0t’4ego
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that which, the one who
A suffix added to the end of a word.

-7g77
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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that which is eaten

daad1n7g77
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that's the way it is

’1k0t’4
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that's the way the weather is

’1k0hoot’44h
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that's what he thinks

’1kw77n7zin
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that's what I think

’1kw7inisin
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them (he/she among), he/she among members of the body, he/she among people, he/she among others

bitah
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then, and then [at that time], only then, ever

’7nda , ’7nd7da
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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then (and)

’11d00
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then [at that time] (and), then, only then, ever

’7nda , ’7nd7da
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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then on (from)

-d00 w0shd66’ , -d00shd66’
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then (only), then, and then [at that time], ever

’7nda , ’7nd7da
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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then (so), and so

’1ko
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then what? (and), and what then?

’11d00sh2
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there (at)

’1kwe’4
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there (from)

’11d66’
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there (I have been), I know the place

hweesh’9
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there (in), inside, within [an enclosed space or area], in the interior of an enclosure

’1k0ne’ , h0ne’ , w0ne’ , w0ne’4 , g0ne’ , g0ne’4
h0ne’ , w0ne’  Literally: h0–, w0– (forms adverbs) + –ne’ (behind, inside)
Shizh4’4 w0ne’ dah sid1.  (My father is sitting inside.)
W0ne’4 (W0ne’) doo haz’32 da.  (There is no room inside.)
kin g0ne’  (inside the house)
’ajaayi’ g0ne’  (inside the ear)
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there is

hasin
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there is much work with it

baa naanish hasin
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there (over)

’1adi , ’aaj7
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these, this

d77
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they have become

daazl99’
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thick, thickness

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

’77d4it32’
B11h [ikan7 ’47 ’ashdla’ ’asdzoh ’77d4it32’.  (The cake is five inches thick.)
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thin (as arrow, stick, board) (it is relatively).   It is relatively thin (arrow, stick, board).

’1n7[ts’0z7
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thin (board, book)

’a[t’3
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thing (small)

’1[ts’77s7 , ’1[ts’7s7
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think (that's what I)

’1kw7inisin
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thinks (that's what he)

’1kw77n7zin
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thirst

dib11’
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thirsty (I have become)

dib11’ s4l99’
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this, these

d77
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this morning, yesterday morning

’ab7n7d33’
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this very

d77d7
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Thursday

Dam0o d00 D99’ Yisk3o , Dam0o d00 D8’j9 , D9’7j9 Nda’anish , D9’7j9 Nida’anish
Literal Translation:   D9’7j9 Nida’anish or D9’7j9 Nda’anish means ‘Four Days the Working Day is Over’.
Literal Translation:   Dam0o d00 D99’ Yisk3o or Dam0o d00 D8’j9 means ‘Sunday and Four Days’ or ‘Sunday plus Four Days’.
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thus I say it

’1d7shn7
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thus you (singular) say it, you (singular) say it

’ad7n7 , bee ’1d7n7
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time ago (a long), in olden times

’a[k’id33’
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time (all the)

’1[ahj8’
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time (at that), during that time, then [in past] long ago

’77d33’
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time (at what)

d7kw7idigo
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time (during that), at that time, then [in past] long ago

’77d33’
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time has passed (the)

’azl99’
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time in the past
A Navajo suffix.

-d33’
’ak4e’di y65d33’  (the last time)
’a[k’id7d33’  (quite a long time ago) or (quite some time ago)
’a[k’id33’  (a long time ago) or (in olden times)
’77d33’  (at that time)
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times (in olden), a long time ago

’a[k’id33’
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times suffix (multiplicative).   A multiplicative suffix attached at the end of a Navajo number meaning times.

-di
t’11[1h1di  (one time, once)
naakidi  (two times, twice)
t1adi  (three times, thrice)
t’11[1h1di neezn1diin  (one hundred)
t’11[1h1di neezn1diindi  (one hundred times)
naakidi neezn1diin  (two hundred)
naakidi neezn1diindi  (two hundred times)
t1adi neezn1diin  (three hundred)
t1adi neezn1diindi  (three hundred times)
t1adi neezn1diindi m77l  (three hundred thousand)
t’11[1h1di m77l d00 ba’22 n1h1st’4idi neezn1diin d00 ba’22 tsosts’idiin d00 ba’22 tsosts’id  (one thousand nine hundred and seventy seven)   ((1 X 1000) + (9 X 100) + 70 + 7)
n1h1st’47ts’1adahdi neezn1diin d00 ba’22 tsosts’idiin d00 ba’22 tsosts’id  ((19 X 100) + 70 + 7 = 1977)   (one thousand nine hundred and seventy seven)
D7kw7idish2’?  (How many times?)
d7kw7idi sh99  (several times)
l2’7di or t’00 ’ahay07di  (many times)
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tip (the), the top

b7l1tah
Ch1’o[ b7l1tahdi ts7di bit’oh.  (There is a bird's nest at the top of the tree.)
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tippler, drunkard

’adl1anii
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tire

chid7 bikee’
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today

d77j9
D77j9 t0 nidoog44[.  (Haul water today.)
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toes

’ak4zhoozh
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together

’ahi[
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together (gathering)

’1[ah
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told it (he)

hoolne’
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told it (I)

hweeshne’
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told (it is), story, history

hane’
Hataa’ baazhn7’11zh baa hane’  (The story of visiting the father)
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tomato juice

ch’il [ich7’7 bitoo’ , ch’il [ichx7’7 bitoo’
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tomato(es)

ch’il [ich7’7 , ch’il [ichx7’7
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tongue

’atsoo’
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tonsilitus

’ak11z dideeshchii’
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too, also

’a[d0’ , d0’
Sh7d0’!  (Me too!)
Shideezh7d0’!  (My little sister too!)
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too expensive (to be), to be very expensive, to be very high in price, to be too high in price

doo chohoo’99g00 ’7l9
K’ad gohw44h doo chohoo’99g00 da’7l9.  (Coffee is too high in price now.)
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too high in price (to be), to be very high in price, to be too expensive, to be very expensive

doo chohoo’99g00 ’7l9
K’ad gohw44h doo chohoo’99g00 da’7l9.  (Coffee is too high in price now.)
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tool as kettle or cauldron (cooking), used for cooking/boiling

bee ’ab4zh7
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tools

bee na’anish7
Bee na’anish7 bee h0l=. ,  (He has tools.)
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tooth

’awoo’
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tooth ache, tooth pain

’awoo’ diniih
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tooth pain, tooth ache

’awoo’ diniih
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top of it (on), on it, over it

bik11’ , bik’i
Bik11’dah’asd1h7 bik11’ dah jizhk4.  (The [two] are sitting on the chair.)
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top of (on), suspended

dah
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top (the), the tip

b7l1tah
Ch1’o[ b7l1tahdi ts7di bit’oh.  (There is a bird's nest at the top of the tree.)
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tour (on a), on a visit

ch’aa
Ch’aa naash1.  (I am traveling.)
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tourists

ch’aa ndaaka77g77
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toward him/her/it, because of him/her/it, around him/her/it, about him/her/it

baa
Bi[ haj77j47’ baa hane’.  (The story about siblings.)
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toward (movement), along, alongside, around, among.   An enclitic particle suffix attached to the end of a noun that causes the word to move toward, along, alongside, around, or among, a specific place.

-g00
’)lta’g00 d4y1.  (I am going to school.)  or  (I am on my way to school.)
Na’n7zhoozh7g00 diit’ash.  (Let us go to Gallup.)
T1b22hg00 yig11l.  (He is walking along the shore.)
’Atiing00 yish11[.  (I am walking along the road.)
Dzi[g00 naash1.  (I am walking around in the mountains.)
Naad33’ bitahg00 naash1.  (I am walking around in (among) the corn.)
Dzi[ bik11’g00 shi[ na’at’a’.  (I am riding around above the mountain (in a plane).)
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towards him/her/it

bich’8
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toy

daan4’4
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tractor

chid7 naa’na’7
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trail, street, road, path

’atiin
Kw4’4 k’4h4zdongo ’atiin.  (The road is straight here.)
Sh1di’11hjigo ’atiin.  (The road is to the south.)
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trail, road, or path leading off a main road (A).

’4’etiin
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trail name, street name, road name, path name

’atiin bizhi’
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transgender, transsexual, transvestite

n1dleeh n1dleeh4
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transsexual, transvestite, transgender

n1dleeh n1dleeh4
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transvestite, transsexual, transgender

n1dleeh n1dleeh4
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trash

ts’iilz47
Ts’iilz47 doo ni’g00 ajii[t[’iid da.  (One should not throw trash on the ground.)
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trash (one picks up)

ts’iilz47 n7jiilah
Haghan binaag00 ts’iilz47 n7jiilah.  (One picks up trash around the home.)
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treasurer, banker

b4eso yaa ’1h1ly1n7 , b4eso yaa’1h1ly1n7
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tree (pinon)

ch1’o[
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tribal delegate

b44sh b22h dah si’1n7
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truck

chid7tsoh
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truly, really

’7iyis7 , ’7iyis77
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tuberculosis

j47’1d88h
J47’1d88h bi[ naash1.  (I have tuberculosis.)   Literally:  tuberculosis + in company with + I walk about.
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Tuesday

Dam0o d00 Naakij8 , Dam0o d00 Naakisk3o , Naakij9 Nda’anish , Naakij9 Nida’anish
Literal Translation:   Naakij9 Nida’anish or Naakij9 Nda’anish means ‘Two Days the Working Day is Over’.
Literal Translation:   Dam0o d00 Naakisk3o or Dam0o d00 Naakij8 means ‘Sunday and Two Days’ or ‘Sunday plus Two Days’.
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tylenol, aspirin, headache medicine

’atsiits’iin diniih ’azee’
’atsiits’iin diniih ’azee’  (head + pain, ache, it hurts + medicine = headache medicine)
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typewriter

b44sh bee’ak’e’elch7h7
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