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- oolki[
- time
D7kw77g00 l1 oolki[? (What time is it?)
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- n1’oolki[7
- clock, watch
Shicheii n1’oolki[7 doo bee h0l=- da. (My maternal grandfather does not have a watch/clock.)
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- ah44’7lkid
- hour
Shim1 47 tseeb77 ah44’7lkid naalnish. (My mother works for eight hours.)
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- dah alzhin
- dot (period), speck, minute (as the division of a clock face), inch (as the division of a yard), degree (as the division of a thermometer)
Literal Translation: dah (on top of, up) + [izhin (black)
Ashdla’1adah dah alzhinj8’ shan7’d7t’11h. (I have a 15 minute break.)
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- dah alzhin ni’7lkidgo
- in --- minutes
Literal Translation: dah (on top of, up) + [izhin (black) + ni’7lkidgo (something having moved as far as a point. i.e. the hour hand)
Ashdla’1adah dah alzhin ni’7lkidgo yah a]diijah. (We'll reconvene in 15 minutes.)
T1diin dah alzhin ni’7lkidgo da’diid99[. (In 30 minutes we'll eat.)
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- ts98lgo yilki[7g77
- seconds (time measurement)
Literal Translation: 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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- a[n77’
- half
Neezn11 d00 a[n77’ oolki[go 47 Na’n7zh00zh7g00 d4y1. (I am going to Gallup at 10:30 a.m.)
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- bee bil1’ooskid
- after the hour
Tsosts’id oolki[ naadiin bee bil1’ooskidgo shighand00 shi[ dah n7’diilwo’. (I leave my house 20 minutes after seven o'clock.)
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- yidziih
- until the hour
D7zdin ashdla’ yidziih hast33 adoolee[ji’. (It is 45 minutes until six o'clock.)
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- naakits’1adah azl99’
- 12:00 a.m. or p.m.
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- t’11[a’7di azl99’
- 1:00 a.m. or p.m.
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- naakidi azl99’
- 2:00 a.m. or p.m.
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- t’11di azl99’
- 3:00 a.m. or p.m.
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- d98di azl99’
- 4:00 a.m. or p.m.
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- azhdladi azl99’
- 5:00 a.m. or p.m.
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- hast32di azl99’
- 6:00 a.m. or p.m.
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- tsosts’idi azl99’
- 7:00 a.m. or p.m.
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- tseeb7idi azl99’
- 8:00 a.m. or p.m.
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- n1h1st’47di azl99’
- 9:00 a.m. or p.m.
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- neezn1adi azl99’
- 10:00 a.m. or p.m.
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- [a’ts’1adahdi azl99’
- 11:00 a.m. or p.m.
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