nahakʼízii

Navajo

Etymology

nahakʼiz (“it goes about making a kʼiz-kʼiz sound”) + -ii (nominalizer)

Noun

nahakʼízii

cricket
Nahakʼízii łaʼ ádaaní. ― I hear crickets (a jab at getting no response; literally, crickets are chirping).

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