Navajon.adj.

Brit.

/ˈnavəhəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈnɑvəˌhoʊ/,

/ˈnævəˌhoʊ/

Inflections: Plural Navajos, unchanged.

Forms: 1700s– Navajo, 1800s Nabajo, 1800s Nabebo (irregular), 1800s Nabeho, 1800s Nabijo, 1800s Nahjo, 1800s Nanahaw (irregular), 1800s Navajoe, 1800s Navijo, 1800s Nebajo, 1800s– Navaho.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish Navajó.

Etymology: < American Spanish Navajó (1629 in phrase La nacion de los Indios Apaches de Nabajù the nation of the Apache Indians of Nabajù, 1630 in phrase Apaches de Nauajó), originally a place name applied to the Largo Canyon area south of the San Juan River in New Mexico, where the Navajo were found cultivating large fields < Tewa navahu: large arroyo with cultivated fields < nava field + hu: wide arroyo, valley.

A. n.

1. A member of an Athabaskan people of Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico.

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Apache1726

Navajo1808

Kiowa1810

Yavapai1849

Jicarilla1850

White Mountain1885

Navvy1910

1808 Z. M. Pike Sources Mississippi III. App. 9 The Nanahaws [sic for Navahaws] are situated to the north-west of Santa Fe.

1846 M. B. Betham-Edwards Jrnl. 2 Nov. in A. R. Johnston et al. Marching with Army of West (1936) 212 Major Gilpin..made a long and arduous journey through the country of the Ute and Navajo.

1850 Executive Documents U.S. Senate (31st Congress, 1st Sess.) No. 64. 57 The vocabulary as distinctly shows the kindred character of the language of the Navajos and of the Ticorillas [sic] branch of the Apache.

1907 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians I. 63 Apache (probably from ápachu, ‘enemy’, the Zuni name for the Navaho, who were designated ‘Apaches de Nabaju’ by the early Spaniards in New Mexico).

1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound 243 The Navaho..were one of the few Indian tribes who remained unaffected by the Ghost Dance of 1890.

1994 New Scientist 15 Oct. 11/2 The Navajo traditionally live in houses called hogans.

2. The Athabaskan language of this people.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > North American > [noun] > Na-Dene > Athabaskan > Athabaskan languages > Apache

Navajo1854

Apache1871

White Mountain1885

Jicarilla1911

1854 H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. IV. 416 Vocabularies...Navajo, of New Mexico. By Capt. J. H. Eaton, U.S.A.

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxv. 524 John H. Van Order acted as interpreter from English into Spanish, and Jesus Alviso from Spanish into Navajo.

1921 E. Sapir Lang. iv. 71 Such languages as Navaho, Apache, Hupa, [etc.].

1973 T. Allbeury Choice of Enemies xxviii. 155 I can get by quite happily in Navajo.

1992 Word 43 i. 26 Hoijer (1945) discovered twelve such verb stem variants in Navaho.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Navajos.

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of South-Western America > [adjective] > Nomadic peoples

Navajo1822

Apache1827

Yavapai1849

Mimbreño1910

1822 J. Fowler Jrnl. 8 Mar. (1898) 123 The Spanierds Have Sent 700 men against the nabeho Indeans.

1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 99 An Indian girl with her Nabajo blanket, black, with a red border.

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West 545 My horse, bridle, saddle, lariat, gun (a Spencer) and two Navajo blankets cost me two hundred dollars.

1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 39 A Navajo woman, weaving her rug in the pattern of her dream.

1972 A. Fowles Double Feature ix. 173 I stared, instead, at a Navajo rug hanging on the wall.

1993 T. Hillerman Sacred Clowns xi. 157 It would force him out of hozho, out of that state of harmony which is the goal of Navajo metaphysics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	navajo
释义	Navajon.adj. Brit. /ˈnavəhəʊ/, U.S. /ˈnɑvəˌhoʊ/, /ˈnævəˌhoʊ/ Inflections: Plural Navajos, unchanged. Forms: 1700s– Navajo, 1800s Nabajo, 1800s Nabebo (irregular), 1800s Nabeho, 1800s Nabijo, 1800s Nahjo, 1800s Nanahaw (irregular), 1800s Navajoe, 1800s Navijo, 1800s Nebajo, 1800s– Navaho. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish Navajó. Etymology: < American Spanish Navajó (1629 in phrase La nacion de los Indios Apaches de Nabajù the nation of the Apache Indians of Nabajù, 1630 in phrase Apaches de Nauajó), originally a place name applied to the Largo Canyon area south of the San Juan River in New Mexico, where the Navajo were found cultivating large fields < Tewa navahu: large arroyo with cultivated fields < nava field + hu: wide arroyo, valley. A. n. 1. A member of an Athabaskan people of Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of South-Western America > [noun] > Nomadic peoples Apache1726 Navajo1808 Kiowa1810 Yavapai1849 Jicarilla1850 White Mountain1885 Navvy1910 1808 Z. M. Pike Sources Mississippi III. App. 9 The Nanahaws [sic for Navahaws] are situated to the north-west of Santa Fe. 1846 M. B. Betham-Edwards Jrnl. 2 Nov. in A. R. Johnston et al. Marching with Army of West (1936) 212 Major Gilpin..made a long and arduous journey through the country of the Ute and Navajo. 1850 Executive Documents U.S. Senate (31st Congress, 1st Sess.) No. 64. 57 The vocabulary as distinctly shows the kindred character of the language of the Navajos and of the Ticorillas [sic] branch of the Apache. 1907 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians I. 63 Apache (probably from ápachu, ‘enemy’, the Zuni name for the Navaho, who were designated ‘Apaches de Nabaju’ by the early Spaniards in New Mexico). 1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound 243 The Navaho..were one of the few Indian tribes who remained unaffected by the Ghost Dance of 1890. 1994 New Scientist 15 Oct. 11/2 The Navajo traditionally live in houses called hogans. 2. The Athabaskan language of this people. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > North American > [noun] > Na-Dene > Athabaskan > Athabaskan languages > Apache Navajo1854 Apache1871 White Mountain1885 Jicarilla1911 1854 H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. IV. 416 Vocabularies...Navajo, of New Mexico. By Capt. J. H. Eaton, U.S.A. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxv. 524 John H. Van Order acted as interpreter from English into Spanish, and Jesus Alviso from Spanish into Navajo. 1921 E. Sapir Lang. iv. 71 Such languages as Navaho, Apache, Hupa, [etc.]. 1973 T. Allbeury Choice of Enemies xxviii. 155 I can get by quite happily in Navajo. 1992 Word 43 i. 26 Hoijer (1945) discovered twelve such verb stem variants in Navaho. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Navajos. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of South-Western America > [adjective] > Nomadic peoples Navajo1822 Apache1827 Yavapai1849 Mimbreño1910 1822 J. Fowler Jrnl. 8 Mar. (1898) 123 The Spanierds Have Sent 700 men against the nabeho Indeans. 1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 99 An Indian girl with her Nabajo blanket, black, with a red border. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West 545 My horse, bridle, saddle, lariat, gun (a Spencer) and two Navajo blankets cost me two hundred dollars. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 39 A Navajo woman, weaving her rug in the pattern of her dream. 1972 A. Fowles Double Feature ix. 173 I stared, instead, at a Navajo rug hanging on the wall. 1993 T. Hillerman Sacred Clowns xi. 157 It would force him out of hozho, out of that state of harmony which is the goal of Navajo metaphysics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1808
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