shash łigaii

Navajo

Etymology

shash (“bear”) + łigai (“it is white”) + -ii (“nominalizer”); "white bear"

Noun

shash łigaii

1. polar bear

References

• Lynch, Regina, Austin, Martha (1983) Saad Ahąąh Sinil: A Navajo-English Dictionary‎^[1], Rough Rock Demonstration School, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, →ISBN, page 17