"bįįh yildeeʼį́"

Translation: cherry

[bericdondy]

When will there be audio?

[rgtesh]

Please pronounce these words

[Kristen933378]

Audio please!

[useForce]

" biih " is deer

[Jessi540]

So does that mean "Yildee'į́" translates to Food ?

[Lng52-._]

We definitely require audio to make sure we are pronounce the words correctly.

[1Wild_one]

If anyone can or will attend a pow wow, please help with the audio. A simple recording, with permission of course.

[jtaylor162]

Wiktionary indicates didzéchííʼ (didzé "berry" + łichííʼ "red") means "cherry," while bįįh yildeeʼį́ (deer food?) more properly means "cape gooseberry" or "groundcherry." Both cape gooseberry and groundcherry refer to plants in the genus Physalis which is largely native to the Americas (and groundcherry can refer to almost anything in the genus), but "cape gooseberry" sounds like a doubtful example, since it is cultivated mainly in southern Africa and South America. Tomatillos, popular through the SE United States, is also a species of Physalis. Is Wiktionary just blowing smoke??

[jimbojones733563]

a pretty long way of saying cherry

[pma4w89A]

Not when you call a cherry descriptively, literally, "deer food". ;d

[AnUnicorn]

Yum, deer food... \

[andy623354]

It's because in Navajo they don't use loan words and instead making up new words
For example, the Navajo word for "computer" literally means "the metal that thinks"

[Iroha242066]

Wow, I may not able to speak Navajo after I finish this course