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English - Diné (Navajo) Dictionary: W

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wait, first

’1[ts4 , ’1ts4
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wait!

’1t’ah1lo
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wait!, in a little while, sometime later

’1t’ah
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walking stick, cane

gish
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wallet, purse

b4eso bizis
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warm [an area]

hoozdo
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wash, arroyo

ch1shk’eh
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washes clothing/laundry for another person (one)

b1jiigis
Ham1 da hazh4’4 da bi’44’ b1 b1jiigis. (One can wash their mother's or father's clothes.)
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washes dishes (one)

[eets’aa’ t11j7gis
T’11 ’1kw77j9 [eets’aa’ t11j7gis. (One washes dishes everyday.)
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watched (we), we saw

dan7il’99’
Naaldlooshii dan7l’9n7di ch99h yee ’adilohii dan7il’99’. (We saw a giraffe at the zoo.)
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watching, taking care of

baa ’1h1y32gi
Nahasdz11n Nihim1 baa ’1h1y32gi (taking care of Mother Earth)
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watchman, security guard

ha’as7d7 , ha’as77d7
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water flowing up out as a fountain, water spring

h11l9
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water (his/her), his/her water supply

bito’
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water horse (mythological animal), zebra, sea horse

t44h [99’
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water spring, water flowing up out as a fountain

h11l9
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water supply (his/her), his/her water

bito’
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watermelon(s)

ch’44hjiy11n
Ch’44hjiy11n ’47 tsin bineest’2’ ’1t’4ego ’ay0o [ikan. (Watermelon is a fruit that is very good to the taste.)
Ch’44hjiy11n ’47 ’ak’eego danit’99h. (Watermelons ripen in the fall.)
Ch’44hjiy11n ’47 sh98go nanise’. (Watermelons grow during the summer.)
Ch’44hjiy11n bik1g7 ’47 dit3. (Watermelon rind is thick.)
Ch’44hjiy11n [a’ bik’==’ ’1daadin. (Some watermelons are seedless.)
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way (in what), how

haal4it’4ego , hait’1o , hait’4ego
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way (it being that)

’1k0t’4ego
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way it is (area, space) (the)

’1hoot’4ii
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way it is (that's the)

’1k0t’4
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way the weather is (that's the)

’1k0hoot’44h
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way (which)

h1ajigo
H1ajigo l1 Ts4gh1hoodz1n7? (Which way is Window Rock?)
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weather is (that's the way the)

’1k0hoot’44h
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weaving (I am)

’asht[’0
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weaving (she is)

’at[’0
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Wednesday

Dam0o d00 T11’ Yisk3o , Dam0o d00 T1g7j9 , T1g7j9 Nda’anish , T1g7j9 Nida’anish
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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well; to be or become harmonious and/or peaceful

h0zh=
Doo h0zh= y1[ti’ da. (He does not talk well.)
Shicheii doo h0zh= ’oo’98 da. (My grandfather doesn't see well.)
H0zh= bik’ihoog44d. (Cover it well [with dirt].)
H0zh= n1hodoodlee[ biniiy4 hast07 sodizin dayii[’a’ t[’44d33’. (The old men said a prayer for peace last night.)
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well? (as when one expects a message)

’22’
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well (very), alright, okay

h1gosh99
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went (they)

’77j44’
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west

’e’e’aah
’E’e’aah has a secondary definition of “sunset, sundown, evening”. Look for it under sunset, sundown, or evening.
’E’e’aahj7 (on the west) or (on the west side) or (to the west). Literally: –j7 on the side of.
’E’e’aahjigo (westward). Literally: –jigo toward, go.
’E’e’aah biyaajigo (to the far west). Literally: biyaa– under it + –jigo toward, go.
’E’e’aah biyaadi (in the far west) or (away out west). Literally: biyaadi at a location beneath it.
’E’e’aahd66’ (from the west). Literally: –d66’ from.
’E’e’aah d00 sh1di’11h bita’ (southwest). Literally: between west and south.
’E’e’aah d00 n1hook-s bita’ (northwest). Literally: between west and north.
’E’e’aahg00 (toward the west)
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West (Sacred Mountain of the), San Francisco Peaks, just north of Flagstaff, Arizona. It was created in the Fourth World of Navajo mythology.

Dook’o’oos[77d
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western medicine

bilag1ana bee’azee’
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wet (it [an area] is)

dit[44’ , hodit[44’
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what

haash , ha’1t’77 , ha’1t’7ish
’Ad33d33’ l1 ha’1t’77 nah7n7[nii’? (What did you buy yesterday?)
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what [do you want]

ha’1t’77sh2’
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what happened

haidzaa
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what he thinks (that's)

’1kw77n7zin
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what I think (that's)

’1kw7inisin
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what kind

hait’4h7g77
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what then? (and), and then what?

’11d00sh2
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what way (in), how

haal4it’4ego , hait’1o , hait’4ego
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whatever

ha’1t’7ida
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when

hahgo
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when [in the past]

h1d33’
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where

h1a
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where at

h1adi , h1adi7sh , h1adish
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where (from)

h11d66’
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which, who, who else

h17 , h17 l1 ’a[d0’
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which is eaten (that)

daad1n7g77
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which one

h1id77g77
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which one [by numbers]

d7kw77g77
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which one studies (that for)

baa ’0lta’
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which (that), 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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which way

h1ajigo
H1ajigo l1 Ts4gh1hoodz1n7? (Which way is Window Rock?)
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while

bin1
’Iiy3 bin1 shinaa7 bich’8’ hashne’. (I am going to call my brother while you are eating.)
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while (in a little), sometime later, wait!

’1t’ah
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white color (off-), cream color, light beige color

dinilgai
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white man, anglo

bilag1ana
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who, who else, which

h17 , h17 l1 ’a[d0’
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who else, who, which

h17 , h17 l1 ’a[d0’
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why I am saying it (that is)

’47 b22 ’1d7shn7
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why (that is), for that purpose

biniiy4 , biniy4
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wide (how)

haa n7[t44l
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wide [area] (it is)

h0teel
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will be given (it)

didoot’11[
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will built it (he), he will make it

’77dool77[
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will make it (he), he will built it

’77dool77[
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will make it (I)

’1deesh[99[
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willingness (his), his mind

b7ni’
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wine (grape), grape juice

ch’il na’at[’0’7 bitoo’ , ch’il na’at[’o’ii bitoo’
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Winslow

B44shsinil
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winter (in)

haigo
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wipes (one), one dust

dajit’o’
Bik11’ na’anish7 dajit’o’. (One wipes/dust tables.)
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with him/her/it, in company with

bi[
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with it, by means of

bee
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within [an enclosed space or area], in there, inside, 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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wives (his), his women

biz1anii
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woman, Ms., lady

’asdz11n , ’asdz1n7 , ’asdz33
’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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Woman (First). 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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woman's daughter

’ach’4’4
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woman's son

’ay11zh
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women (his), his wives

biz1anii
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wood (chopping)

chizh ’ahizhdi[ne’
Chizh ’ahizhdi[ne’go bee hatsxe’ jileeh. (Chopping wood makes the body strong.)
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wool

’aghaa’
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(wool) (I spin). I spin (wool).

’asdiz
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(wool) (she is spinning). She is spinning (wool).

’adiz
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word (filler)

’4iy1
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word (his), his language

bizaad
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work (he has), he is busy

binaanish h0l=
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work (his/her), his/her job

binaanish
Shib7zh7 ’47 sil10 binaanish. (My paternal aunt's job is police work.)
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work (I am beginning to)

dishn77sh
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work with (I)

bi[ naashnish
’![ch7n7 bi[ naashnish. (I work with children.)
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work with it (there is much)

baa naanish hasin
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working (he begins)

diln77sh
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working on (I am)

binaashnish
Naaltsoos binaashnish. (I am working on a paper.)
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worth (it is), it costs, it now cost

b33h ’7l9
D7ish2’ diyog7 d7kw77 b33h ’7l9? (How much is this rug?)
D7kw77sh b33h ’7l9? (How much does it cost?)
D77 chid7 nah1[nii’7g77 d98’di m77l d00 ba’22 t1adi neezn1diin b4eso b33h ’7l9. (This car that I bought cost forty three hundred dollars.)
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worthless (it is), it has no value, it is cheap

doo b33h ’7l7n7 da , doo ’7l98 da
D77 yoostsah nah7n7[nii’7g77 doo b33h ’7l7n7 da! (This ring that you bought is worthless!) or (This ring that you bought is a piece of junk!)
D77 l1ts7n7 doo ’7l98 da. (This bracelet is worthless (or cheap).)
D77 chid7 ch22’ ndi doo b33h ’7l98 da! (This car isn't worth a damn! [Literal translation: This car not worth manure!])
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wrong with it (there is nothing)

doo ’1t’4h7 da
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