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Navajo Word/Phrase: Ayaats’iin

English Translation: chin, jaw, manible

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Shi yaats’iin niigaii.

Navajo Word/Phrase: bine’

English Translation: behind it

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Bine’jí si’ą́.

Navajo Word/Phrase: łees’áán bizéí

English Translation: bread crumbs

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Łees’áán bizéí ła’ biih dííjih.

Navajo Word/Phrase: bi’dizhchį́įjį’

English Translation: Birthday/to be one’s

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Bi’dizhchį́įjį’ anáhoolzhiizh go dah hodiitał.

Upcoming Special Election for Crystal Chapter, August 26, 2025, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m

Navajo Word/Phrase: bááh nímazí

English Translation: biscuit

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Háí lá bááh nímazí baah nahaniih?

This memorandum is to notify all Navajo Nation Departments and Programs that Highway Safety
will be closed from Monday August 4, 2025, beginning at 1 pm to August 7, 2025, ending at 5:00pm
for Department's Strategic Session meeting.

Should you have any questions, please contact our office at (505) 371 -8320/5315. Thank you.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ho’dishchį́

English Translation: birthplace

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Díí éí Tsé hoo tsooí jí ho’dishchį́.

This memorandum shall serve as notice to all Navajo Nation Divisions, Departments, Programs and Chapters, if you failed to submit your FY 2025 Underwriting Exposure Summary (UES) you are currently uninsured. Additionally, if you have not paid your premiums for FY 2025, you are uninsured (including Auto Coverages).

Navajo Word/Phrase: bóhoneedlį́

English Translation: Interesting, it is

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Naaltsoos bóhoneedlį́įgo biniinaa t’áá’ákwííjį́ yíníshta’.

Colonial Life's next on-site visit is scheduled for:

Date(s): August 26 & 27, 2025

Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Location: Admin BLDG 1

Navajo Word/Phrase: bílą́ą́jį’

English Translation: In front of/ahead of

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Dííshjį́į́góó nihilą́ąjį’ sizínígíí éí Baabii wolyé.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ts’iilzéí

English Translation: trash/garbage

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ts’iilzéí bighangi t’óó ahayóí..

Navajo Word/Phrase: azee’ííłíní

English Translation: doctor

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Azee’ííłíní baaníyá. Shidínoołįįł biniiyé.

Navajo Word/Phrase: tó

English Translation: water

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Baʼółtaʼí, tʼáá shǫǫdí tó ła’ shaaníkaah.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ge’

English Translation: Be quiet; stop it

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Íisiniłtsʼą́ą́ʼ dóó ge’ t’aadoo yániłti’í

Navajo Word/Phrase: shash yázhí

English Translation: bear cub

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Shash yázhí bimá yiłnaalzheeh.

Navajo Word/Phrase: azis

English Translation: bag

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Eidí jaatłóól ne’azis biih niniił.

Navajo Word/Phrase: chidí ánéíl’íní

English Translation: auto mechanic

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Chidí ánéíl’íní ayóó da’ałı.

Navajo Word/Phrase: shóhólííhgo

English Translation: authority, to be in

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Shóhólnííhgo biniinaa ádíshní, “T’áadoo ánít’íní.”

Navajo Word/Phrase: óhólnííh

English Translation: authoritarian or authorative

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Eihdí ayóó óhólnííh.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ádaa

English Translation: about oneself

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Jąąnii ádaa halne’go ch’ih hodihnoolne’.

Navajo Word/Phrase: hak’ai’ gonaa

English Translation: hip area

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Hak’ai’ gonaa baah dahasąąh doo ya’ashǫǫnda.

Navajo Word/Phrase: agostis

English Translation: area above the knee

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Shi agostis jooł neediiłne’

Navajo Word/Phrase: agota’/gota’

English Translation: joint in the knee

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Shi gota’ la’ diniih

Navajo Word/Phrase: shikéshgaan

English Translation: my toe nails

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): hikéshgaan hégizh.

Navajo Word/Phrase: hakéshgaan

English Translation: One’s toe

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Hakéshkaan biih níísą.́ nail/nails

Navajo Word/Phrase: Jaa’í

English Translation: coffeepot

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Jaa’í tł’aashjaní gohwééh ła’biihnijaah.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Ni’iisííh

English Translation: To make a series of mistakes or errors

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Kóhoot’éédą́ą́’ t’óó ‘ahayóidi ni’iyésíí’.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Jeeh dílį́į́h

English Translation: Pinyon, pinewood, firewood

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Jeeh dílį́į́’ ła’ biiditįįh, deesk’aaz hazlįį’.

Navajo Word/Phrase: dį́į́’di ‘azlį́į́’

English Translation: It happened four times

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Dį́į́’di ‘azlį́į́’ go ląą beehląh łé.

Navajo Word/Phrase: dah deeshzhah

English Translation: Sticking up, to be (as hair)

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Nitsii’ dah deeshzhah, shik’is.

Navajo Word/Phrase: tsints’ósí

English Translation: stick

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Tsints’ósí ła’ nidiitįįhgo bee’ tsédzi’naa’atsih.

Navajo Word/Phrase: atoo’

English Translation: stew

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Atoo’ ayóó łikango yishdląą’.

Navajo Word/Phrase: nihodii’á or nikihodiiah

English Translation: Steep, it is

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Kodóó t’áá íiyisíí nikihodiiah.

Navajo Word/Phrase: hóyéé’

English Translation: Steamboat

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Hóyéé’di lá ha’íí bahnida’aldeeh?

Navajo Word/Phrase: t’áadoo kót’é’ ílíní

English Translation: suddenly (without warning)

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Tó t’áadoo kót’é’ ílíní ásdįįd.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ałt’anidzih

English Translation: to stutter

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Shizhe’é ayóí ałt’anidzih.

Navajo Word/Phrase: t’áá hoshch’į’

English Translation: suddenly

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ashkii t’áá hosch’į’go nihich’į’ báhóóchįįd.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ádántsíjíkees

English Translation: Think for oneself or self

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ádántsíjíkees łeh, áko t’áádoole’í doo hananitł’ah dah łeh.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Ałtsoh ahi’na’iildee’

English Translation: reunify

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ałtsoh ahi’na’iildee’go, ałchíní dóó báda’olta’igíí needooltah t’áádoo ólta’ gone’ beeda’doolnih.

Navajo Word/Phrase: asdajincheeh

English Translation: shelter

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Asdajincheeh biłnahaząągóó éí ałchiní dóó ba’da’olta’igíí yina’jį nił t’ahdanichééh.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Ch’ínoohjeeh Ch’idookah

English Translation: evacuate

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Táá’aníígo nitsohodindeelgo tsxįįnłoh
ch’idookah dóó bits’ąą’jį’ evacuate oohooniiįígíí.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Bi’da’deelkaal

English Translation: lock down

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): T’ááłáhádi ahee’iłkidjį, ałchíní bi’da’deelkaal dooleeł nitsohodindeeligíí biniinaah.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Ałtsé biłahoodiilzééh

English Translation: hold

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ałtsé biłahoodiilzééh!

In our effort to support improved compliance, consistency, and accountability in the Navajo Nation's performance management process, the Department of Personnel Management (DPM) is issuing a forgiveness of the submittal of all outstanding Employee Performance Appraisal Forms (EPAFs) for rating period from 1/2/2022 and prior years.

Leaders from the Department of Diné Education hosted staff from the 25th Navajo Nation Council, Diné Grant School Association, Diné Bi Olta School Board Association, and the Navajo Nation Washington Office to discuss the proposed federal cuts to education

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Navajo Sentence: Bikáá’dah’asdáhí yiwodígíí dikwíí lá báhálį́?

Meaning/Definition: rocking chair