Haashchʼééłtiʼí

Navajo

Etymology

haashchʼééh (“god”) + -ł- (classifier) + -tiʼ (perfective stem of -TIʼ (“to talk”)) + -í (“nominalizer”).

Proper noun

Haashchʼééłtiʼí

1. “Talking God” (one of the Diyin Dineʼé, Holy People, in the Navajo Creation story; his body is white)

Synonyms

• Yéʼii Bicheii (“grandfather of the yéʼii”)

See also

• Haashchʼééshzhiní
• Haashchʼééʼooghaan / Haashchʼééowaan / Haashchʼéʼówaan / Hashchʼéoghan
• Tó Neinilí