English
Navajo
Navajo comes from Tewa navahúuˀu ‘field adjoining an arroyo’.
- Tewamodernnavahúuˀu‘field adjoining an arroyo’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentnavajo
- Englishearliest quotation 2019Navajo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Tewamodernnavahúuˀu‘field adjoining an arroyo’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentnavajo
- Englishearliest quotation 2019Navajo
Earliest quotation: 2019, Eric Levenson, Alfred Newman, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers: “As a code talker, Newman was one of a…”
Every English word from Tewa navahúuˀu
Today it means
noun A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tewa navahúuˀu / Navajo