béégashii

Etymology

From Spanish vacas (“cows”), from Latin vacca.[1] Compare Pipil wakash and Classical Nahuatl huācax.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /péːkàʃìː/
  • Audio (NV)(file)

Noun

béégashii

  1. cow
    kʼad haitʼáo dibéłchíʼigo béégashii, shąʼ?
    how now brown cow?
  2. cattle

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Robert W. Young and William Morgan (1987). The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary. University of New Mexico Press. →ISBN
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