WRITER IN THE DARK ⋆ Names

⤷ navajo

navajo names
( meaning )

feminine

ajei ( heart )
awee ( baby )
asdza ( woman )

chooli ( mountain )

dezba ( war )
dibe ( lamb )
doba ( there was no war )
doli ( bluebird )

haseya ( she rises )
haloke ( salmon )

kai ( willow tree )

iina ( life )

johona ( sunny )

mai ( bright flower )
manaba ( return to war )
mosi ( cat )

nascha ( owl )

ooljee ( moon )

sahkyo ( mink )
sialea-lea ( little bluebird )

tibah ( grey )
tsintah ( among the forest )

yanaha ( brave )

masculine

ahiga ( he fights )
ashkii ( boy )
ashkii dighin ( holy boy )
ata'halne ( he interrupts )
atsa ( eagle )
atsidi ( hammer )

bidziil ( he is strong )
bisahalani ( orator )

gaagii ( raven )
gad ( juniper tree )

hashkeh naabah ( angry warrior )
hastiin ( man )
hok'ee ( high-backed wolf )

kilchii ( red boy )
klah ( left-handed )
naalnish ( he works )
naalyehe ya sidahi ( trader )
nastas ( foxtail )
niichaad ( swollen )
niyol ( wind )

sani ( old one )
shilah ( brother )
shiye ( son )
sicheii ( grandfather )
sike ( he sits at home )

tahoma ( water's edge )
toh yah ( walking by the river )
tse ( rock )
tsela ( stars lying down )
tsiishch'ili ( curly-haired )

yas ( snow )
yiska ( night has passed )

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