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| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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'. |
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