Dookʼoʼoosłííd

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Etymology

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It means “its summit never melts”: doo (not) akʼi (on top) ʼa- (3rd-person indefinite subject pronoun) + yi- (transitional aspect denoting change in form) + -ł- (transitive classifier) + -lííd (verb stem meaning to melt off)

Proper noun

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Dookʼoʼoosłííd

  1. San Francisco Peaks (a mountain range in Coconino County, Arizona, United States).

Usage notes

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One of the six sacred mountains of the Navajo. Dookʼoʼoosłííd, associated with diichiłí (abalone) and the color yellow, marks the western boundary of Dinétah.