béégashii

Etymology

From Spanish vacas (“cows”), from Latin vacca.[1] Compare Pipil wakash and Classical Nahuatl huācax.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /péːkàʃìː/
  • Audio (NV)(file)

Noun

béégashii

  1. cow
    kʼad haitʼáo dibéłchíʼigo béégashii, shąʼ?
    how now brown cow?
  2. cattle

Derived terms

References
  1. Robert W. Young and William Morgan (1987). The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary. University of New Mexico Press. →ISBN
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