See also: lii, Lii, LII , and li'i

Navajo [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Of the extant senses, "pet" is oldest; the original meaning, retained in Athabaskan cognates, was "dog."[1] Upon the reintroduction of the horse to North America, the Navajo language transferred the usage of łį́į́ʼ to the horse (which became the new favored "pet" in Navajo culture), with the dog being referred to by a derived term, łééchąąʼí (literally “shit pet”), i.e. pet which eats excrement. Compare Dogrib tłı̨ (“dog”).

Noun [ edit ]

łį́į́ʼ (compound łéʼé-, łéé-, łį́į́ʼ-, possessed form bilį́į́ʼ)

Inflection [ edit ]

possessives of łį́į́ʼ singular duoplural plural 1st person shilį́į́ʼ nihilį́į́ʼ danihilį́į́ʼ 2nd person nilį́į́ʼ nihilį́į́ʼ danihilį́į́ʼ 3rd person bilį́į́ʼ 4th person (3o) yilį́į́ʼ 4th person (3a) halį́į́ʼ Indefinite (3i) alį́į́ʼ

Derived terms [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

^ Internal Linguistic Evidence Suggestive of the Northern Origin of the Navaho Sapir, [1] , p. 227

Western Apache [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

łį́į́ʼ