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What does shandiin mean in Navajo?

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∙ 11y ago
Updated: 12/12/2022

"Sháándíín" means ---Sun ray, sunbeam, ray of sunlightor sunlight.

Shá is one word for sun. shą́ą'jį is sunny side of a hill.

The more usual word for sun is: jóhonaaʼéí.

This can be analyzed to literally mean:

"the solid roundish object that moves around in space in the daytime"

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