shash łigaii

Navajo

Etymology

shash (“bear”) + łigai (“it is white”) + -ii (“nominalizer”); "white bear"

Noun

shash łigaii

polar bear

References

Lynch, Regina, Austin, Martha (1983) Saad Ahąąh Sinil: A Navajo-English Dictionary‎, Rough Rock Demonstration School, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, →ISBN, page 17

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