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Colors

• łizhin — black (it is dark colored)
• yágo dootłʼizh — blue
• dibéłchíʼí, yishtłizh — brown
• dinilgai — offwhite, cream
• diłhiłgo dootłʼizh — dark blue
• dinilzhin — dark brown
• diłhiłgo łichííʼ — dark red
• łibá — gray
• dootłʼizh, tátłʼidgo dootłʼizh — green
• diniltłʼizh — light blue/green
• dinilbá — light gray
• diniltsxo — light orange
• diniltso — light yellow
• łitsxo — orange
• dinilchííʼ — pink
• tsédídééh — purple
• łichxííʼ — red
• łigai — white
• łitso — yellow

Sizes

• adésʼeez — a pace or foot (measurement)
• áníłnééz — it is relatively long
• áníłtéél — it is relatively wide
• áníłtso — it is relatively big, large
• kóníłnééz — it is this long
• kóníłtéél — it is this wide
• kóníłtso — it is this large
• dikʼą́ — it is square-cornered
• naaniigo — across, the width
• nineezgo (náásee) — the long way, the length
• ałtʼą́ʼí — it is thin
• ntsaa — it is big, large
• haaníłtso — how big?
• haaníłtsogo — it being how big?
• kóníłtso — this big
• áníłtso — as big as
• ayóóʼáníłtso — very big

Time

• hahgo (hahgoshąʼ) — when? (in the future)
• tʼóó hodíínaʼgo — soon (pretty soon), in a little while
• yiską́ągo — tomorrow (stem: to pass the night; to become day)
• adą́ą́dą́ą́ʼ — yesterday
• yę́ędą́ą́ — a time in the past
• nááhai — a year
• nááhaiídą́ą́ʼ — years ago
• íídą́ą́ʼ — at that time
• tʼááʼíídą́ą́ʼ — already
• kóhootʼéédą́ą́ — last year; a year ago (when it was this way before)
• kónááhootʼhí — when it is this way again (weather; next year)
• dóó wóshdę́ę́ʼ (dóóshdę́ę́ʼ) — from then on; from that time on; from there this way; since then
• kʼadę́ę — almost; nearly; about to
• jį́įgo (ooʼááł) — from sunrise to sunset
• hayííłką́, hayoołkááł — dawn
• haʼííʼą́ — sunrise
• abíní — morning
• dah adiiʼą́ — mid-morning
• kʼadę́ę ałnéʼéʼaah — almost noon
• ałníʼníʼą́ — noon
• ałníʼníʼą́ dóó bikʼijįʼ — mid-afternoon
• yaa adeizʼą́ — it has become mid-afternoon
• yaa adiʼaah — it is now mid-afternoon
• hííłchʼįʼ — before sunset
• tłʼéeʼgo (yoołkááł) — from sunset to sunrise
• niʼhootsooii — dusk
• iʼííʼą́ — sunset, or evening
• hiłhiijį́į́ʼ — nightfall
• kʼadę́ę tłʼééʼííłnííʼ — before midnight
• tłʼééʼííłnííʼ — midnight
• tłʼééʼííłnííʼ dóó bikʼijįʼ — after midnight
• yidiiską́ — before dawn

Days of the week / yoołkááłígíí

• Damóo, Damį́įgo — Sunday
• Damóo biiskání — Monday
• Damóo dóó naakijį — Tuesday
• Damóo dóó tágíjí — Wednesday
• Damóo dóó dįʼíjį́ — Thursday
• Ndaʼiiníísh — Friday
• Damóo yázhí — Saturday

Seasons

• aakʼei — autumn
• hai — winter
• dą — spring
• shį́ — summer

Months / náhidizídígíí

• Yasniłtʼees — January
• Atsábiyáázh — February
• Wóózhchʼį́į́d — March
• Tʼą́ą́chil — April
• Tʼą́ą́tsoh — May
• Yaʼiishjááshchilí — June
• Yaʼiishjááshtsoh — July
• Biniʼanitʼą́ą́tsʼósí — August
• Biniʼanitʼą́ą́tsoh — September
• Ghąąjį́ʼ — October
• Níłchʼitsʼósí — November
• Níłchʼitsoh — December

Clothing

• ééʼ — garment
• éétsoh — big garment
• ééʼ biih náʼniłí — clothes closet
• yistłé — socks, stockings

Food / chʼiyáán

• dibááʼ — thirsty
• dichin — hunger
• yidlą́ — he is drinking it
• yishą́ — I am eating it
• yishdlą́ — I am drinking it
• yiyą́ — he is eating it
• yiyííyą́ą́ʼ — he ate it
• yííyą́ą́ʼ — I ate it
• yiłghał — he is eating it (meat)
• yiłkeed — he is chewing it (bun, bread)
• yiʼaał — he is chewing it (gum, tobacco)
• náshdį́į́h — I eat it repeatedly
• náshdlį́į́h — I drink it repeatedly
• łikan — it is good to the taste, it is sweet
• tanaashgiizh — thick cornmeal mush
• naaʼołí dootłʼizhígíí — peas
• yadiizíní — can (canned goods)
• mandagíiya — butter, margarine
• náneeskaadí — tortilla
• ntsidígoʼí — kneel-down bread
• naadą́ą́ʼ — corn
• naadą́ą́ʼ dilchxoshí — popcorn
• abeʼ — milk
• akʼah — lard; shortening
• áshįįh — salt
• áshįįh łikan — sugar
• azeeʼ — medicine
• azeeʼ díchʼííʼ — chili
• bááh łikaní — sweet roles; cake
• bááh dáʼákaʼí — crackers
• bilasáana — apples
• chʼil łichíʼí — tomatoes
• chʼil łitsxooí — orangers
• gohwééh (dihwééh, ahwééh) — coffee
• naaʼołí — beans
• tsitłʼéłí — matches
• tódilchxoshí — soda; fizzy drink
• ałkʼésdisí — candy
• atsįʼ — meat

Money

• béeso — dollar(s)
• yáál — money (bits)
• naaki yáál — 25 cents (two bits)
• dį́į́ʼ yáál — 50 cents (four bits)
• hastą́ą́h yáál — 75 cents (six bits)
• gíinsi — 15 cents
• dootłʼizh — 10 cents (blue or green)
• łitso — 5 cents (yellow)
• sindáo (łichíʼígíí) — cent
• haʼátʼéosh ílį́ — how (much) does it cost?
• díkwíí bą́ą́h ílį́ (díkwíísh bą́ą́h ílį́, díkwííshąʼ bą́ą́h ílį́) — how much does it/do they cost
• doo ílį́į da — not expensive
• yikʼé — in payment for
• nahashniih — I’m buying it, selling it
• naháłniiʼ — I bought it, sold it
• naaʼiiniihí — the place where items are bought, sold
• nayiiłniih — he’s buying, selling it
• nayiisniiʼ — he bought, sold it
• ínáóltąʼí ideidiyiiníłí — Internal Revenue Service

Directions & locations

• deigo — upwards
• wódah (hódah) — up, upward
• yaago — downwards
• wóyah — down, downward
• naaniigo — sideways; across from side to side
• wónaaní — across
• tséʼnaa — across
• háájí — where? in what direction?
• daʼníłtsʼą́ą́ʼ — all directions
• daʼníłtsʼą́ą́ʼgóó — in (toward) all directions
• daʼníłtsʼą́ą́ʼdę́ę́ʼ — from all directions
• góneʼ (góneʼé, wóneʼ, wóneʼé) — in there
• kóneʼ (kóneʼé) — in here
• áadi — there at, in (far)
• ákǫ́ǫ́ — (same as áadi)
• áádę́ę́ʼ — from there (far) to here
• áádóó — from there (far) and on
• áajįʼ — as far as there (far)
• áají — in the direction of there
• ńléí — over there, that one
• ńléidi — there at (far, visible), over there
• ńléígóó — toward there (far, visible)
• ńléídę́ę́ʼ — from there (far, visible) to here
• ńléídóó — from there (far, visible) and on
• ńléijįʼ — as far as there (far, visible)
• ńléíjí — in the direction of there (far, visible)
• ńláahgi — there (far, invisible) at (general)
• ńláahdi (ńlááh) — there (far, invisible) at (more specific)
• ńlááhgóó — toward there (far, invisible)
• ńlááhdę́ę́ʼ — from there (far, invisible) to here
• ńlááhdóó — from there (far, invisible) and on
• ńláahjįʼ — as far as there (far, invisible)
• ńlááhjí — in the direction of there (far, invisible)
• kodi — here at
• kojįʼ — as far as here
• kojí — in the direction of here
• kodóó — from here on
• dząądi — (at) over here (specific)
• woshchʼishígíí — the one closer by
• woshchʼishí (woshchʼishjí) — this way; closer
• woshchʼishídi — closer by; farther this way
• níwehí (nówehí) — farther away

Places

• kin dah shijaaʼ — town, village (houses in place)
• kin haalʼá — city (a large number of houses lie scattered)
• kintah — among the houses
• Tsé Bitʼaʼí — Shiprock Pinnacle
• Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii — Monument Valley
• Tséchʼízhí — Rough Rock
• Tségiizh — Gouldingʼs, Utah
• Tségháhoodzání — Window Rock
• Tséhootsooí — Fort Defiance
• Tsékooh Hatsoh — Grand Canyon
• Naʼnízhoozhí — Gallup, New Mexico (bridge crossing the Puerco River)
• Tʼiisyaakin — Holbrook, Arizona (house under a cottonwood tree)
• Kinłání — Flagstaff or Durango (many houses)
• Tótaʼ — Farmington
• Beʼeldíílasinil (Beʼeldííldahsinil) — Albuquerque (large metal objects - bells - in position)
• Tó Naneesdizí — Tuba City
• Tó Dinéeshzheeʼ — Kayenta
• Názlíní — Nazlini, AZ
• Naatʼáanii Nééz — Shiprock, NM
• Tsé Łichííʼ Deezʼáhí — Sanders (red rock extending)
• Tsoodził — Mt. Taylor, NM
• Wááshindoon — Washington, D.C. (federal)
• Tʼeestsʼóóz Ńdeeshgiizh — Crownpoint, NM

Nature

• cháshkʼeh — arroyo; wash
• bokooh — its washout; its canyon
• háálį́ — water running up out (as out of a fountain or spring)
• tó ádaadin — the water places are dried up
• áhoołtsʼíísí — an area or space
• yas (zas) — snow
• yidzaaz — it has snowed

  Tłʼéédą́ą́ʼ nizhónígo yidzaaz.

  It snowed beautifully last night.

• yidzas — it is snowing
• tó — water
• tó sinyíní — lake, pond, sea
• tʼiis — tree, cottonwood
• tʼiisbáí — aspen
• tʼiistsʼóóz — lombardy poplar
• tsé — stone, rock
• tsin — wood, tree, stick, post

Animals

• bįįh — deer
• deeteel — moose
• dloziłigaii — squirrel that is light-colored
• dlǫ́ǫ́ʼ — prairie dog
• dzééh — elk
• hazéí (hazéítsoh) — squirrel
• jádí — antelope
• mąʼii — coyote
• mąʼii dootłʼizhí — fox
• mąʼiitsoh — wolf
• náshdóí — wildcat
• náshdóítsoh — mountain lion, cougar, puma
• shash — bear
• naaʼahóóhai — chicken, hen
• dibé — sheep
• ndaʼalchííh — they are lambing, giving birth
• náʼáłʼah — he is butchering
• náʼáshʼah — i am butchering
• télii — donkey, burro
• tłʼízí (tlʼízí) — goat
• łééchąąʼí — dog
• łį́į́ʼ — horse
• mósí — cat
• náldlosh — a quadruped repeatedly walks about
• naaldlosh — a quadruped walks about
• naaldlooshii — animal

Clans

(* = 4 original clans)

• tódíchʼíiʼnii* — bitter water clan
• hashkʼąą hadzohí — yucca fruit-strung-out-in-a-line clan
• tłʼááshchíʼí — red cheek people (red bottom people)
• hooghan łání — many hogans clan
• deeshchiiʼnii — start-of-the-red-streaked people
• naashtʼézhí dineʼé — Zuni clan
• bitʼąąʼnii — talks-in-blanket clan
• naaneeshtʼézhí táchiiʼnii — charcoal-streaked division (táchiiʼnii)
• bį́į́h yázhí dineʼé — little deer people
• taadiin dineʼé — corn pollen people
• dził náʼoodiłnii — turning mountain people
• diłzéehi — Mohave clan
• bįįh bitoodnii — deer spring clan
• kʼaahanáanii — living arrow clan
• téeatiin — trail-to-garden people
• séí bee hooghanii — sand hogan people
• taʼneeszahnii — badlands people
• yéʼii dineʼé — giant people
• tóʼaheedlíinii — water-flows-together clan
• naashashí dineʼé — bear enemies (Tewa)
• nóódaʼí dineʼé táchiiʼnii — Ute people division (táchiiʼnii)
• dibé łizhiní — black sheep (San Felipe)
• bįįhtsoh dineʼé — big deer people
• tsé tąąʼáanii — rock-extends-into-water people
• tódíkʼǫ́zhí — salt water clan
• naakaii dineʼé — Mexican clan
• atsʼosi dineʼé — feather people
• tʼiischʼebáanii — gray-cottonwood-extend-out clan
• dziłtʼaadí — near the mountain clan
• tsé nahabiłnii — sleep-rock people
• naayízí dineʼé — squash people
• naadą́ą́ʼ dineʼé — corn people
• yooʼó dineʼé — bead people
• azeeʼtsoh dineʼé — big medicine people
• kʼaiʼ chʼébáanii — line-of-willows-extend-out-gray people
• tsin yee naʼáloʼíí dineʼé — tree stretcher people
• tóʼáhání — near-to-water clan
• kehaʼatiinii — foot-trails people
• mąʼii deeshgiizhinii — coyote pass people (Jemez)
• nihoobáanii — gray-streak-ends clan
• bįįh dineʼé — deer people
• naayíziłtsooi dineʼé — pumpkin people
• hashtłʼishnii* — mud clan
• naashgalí dineʼé — Mescalero Apache clan
• táchiiʼnii — red-running-into-the-water clan
• halgai dineʼé — people of the valley
• áshįįhnii — salt people
• bįįh dineʼé táchiiʼnii — deer people (táchiiʼnii)
• tiʼizhiłizhíní dineʼé — black goat people
• tsiʼnaajinii — black-streaked-wood people
• lókʼaaʼ dineʼé — reed people
• chíshí dineʼé — Chiricahua Apache clan
• tsin sikaadnii — clumped tree people
• kʼaaʼ dineʼé — arrow people
• tótsohnii — big water clan
• maʼiitó — coyote spring people
• tó baazhníʼázhí — two-came-to-water clan
• kinłitsonii — yellow house people
• dziłtłʼahnii — mountain cove clan
• honágháahnii* — one-walks-around clan
• tséyanatohnii — horizontal-water-under-cliffs people
• tązhii dineʼé — turkey people
• tábąąhá — water's edge clan
• nátʼoh dineʼé — tobacco people
• tsʼah yiskʼidnii — sage brush hill clan
• beiyóodzíneʼ dineʼé — Paiute people
• tsézhin ndiiʼaaí — slanted-lava-spire people
• gah dineʼé táchiiʼnii — rabbit people (táchiiʼnii)
• dichin dineʼé — hunger people
• iichʼąh dineʼé — moth people
• bitʼahnii — folded arms people
• naakétłʼáhí — flat foot people (Pima)
• yooʼó dineʼé tódíchʼíiʼnii — bead people (tódíchʼíiʼnii)
• haltsooí dineʼé — meadow people
• dzaanééz łání — many mules clan
• naałani dineʼé — many Comanche warriors clan
• jaaʼyaalóolii dineʼé — sticking-up-ears people
• tłʼógí — weavers (Zia)
• kinłichíiʼnii — red house people (Zia)
• nóódaʼi dineʼé — Ute clan
• tłʼízí łání — many goats clan
• tsé deeshgizhnii — rock gap clan
• áshįįhí — salt people
• shash dineʼé — bear people
• kinyaaʼáanii* — towering house people
• tsé ńjíkiní — cliff dwelling clan
• tséghádiʼnídínii — crystal rock
• tséikeehé — two-rocks-sit clan
• tóʼázólí — light-water people
• dólii dineʼé — blue bird people