naaltsoos nehegeehégi

Etymology

naaltsoos (“paper, mail”) + na- (atelic, circuital) + -hi- (seriative) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + + -yé (continuative imperfective stem of root -YĮ́, “to handle a pack or a burden”) + -h- (ligature) +‎ -é (nominalizer) +‎ -gi (“at”).

Noun

naaltsoos nehegeehégi

  1. post office

Synonyms

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 717
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