shá niighááh

Etymology

shá (“sun”) + niighááh (“it stops moving”)

Noun

shá niighááh

  1. solstice (summer or winter)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 676
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