áłtsé góneʼ yéigo daʼahijoogą́ą́ʼ

Navajo

Etymology

áłtsé (“first”) + góneʼ (ordinal marker) + yéigo (“seriously”) + daʼahijoogą́ą́ʼ (“there was war”), from daʼahijigą́ (“they kill one another”)

Noun

áłtsé góneʼ yéigo daʼahijoogą́ą́ʼ

World War I

Related terms

naaki góneʼ yéigo daʼahijoogą́ą́ʼ (“World War II”)

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