tániilʼáí

Navajo

Etymology

“those that swarm out over the water”: táni- (prefix, over the water) + -lʼá (neuter stem, a plurality extends), from -l- (classifier) + -ʼa (stem, it extends), plus -í (nominalizer)

Noun

tániilʼáí

dragonfly

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