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ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Navajo | |
Lexeme 1 | hwííshgháán | |
Lexeme 2 | Ghąąjįʼ | |
Meaning 1 | one’s back | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | October | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment | hwííshgháán 'one’s back' + -jįʼ 'against it' Ghąąjįʼ is considered the first month of the Navajo calendar, and back-to-back refers to the interface between the end of the preceding year and the beginning of the new one. Compare Western Apache Ghąązhįʼ 'October, lying side-by-side'. |