snow
→
January
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Navajo | |
| Lexeme 1 | yas | |
| Lexeme 2 | Yas Niłtʼees | |
| Meaning 1 | snow | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | January | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | yas 'snow' + niłtʼees 'frying, roasting'. So named because the snow roasts the skin, or causes frostbite. |
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