Naakáí Łibáʼí bikéyah

Navajo

Etymology

Naakáí Łibáʼí = naakai (“they walk”) + -ii (“nominalizer”) ("the walkers", probably an early attempt to translate exploradores) + łi- (adjectival) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -bá (neuter imperfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).

Proper noun

Naakáí Łibáʼí bikéyah

1. Spain (a country in Europe)

Alternative forms

• Naakaiiłbáhí bikéyah

Synonyms

• Dibé diníí bikéyah