Navajo Puppy Song (Lyrics & Translation) – daybreakwarrior
@DayBreakWarrior, sung by Terry Teller
Díí shileechąą’í Kii wolyé
Este es mi perro, se llama Kii
This is my dog, Kii is called
Ałtso ííyą́ą’go bibid dijool.
Cuando termina de comer su estómago es redondo.
When it’s finished eating his stomach is round.
Bijaa’ dah naadeełgo bitsee’ yik’í diiltąąl
Cuando da vueltas, sobre su cola pisa
When his ears flop around, on his tail he steps
T’áá ákwíí jį́ shikéé’ naaldlosh
Todos los días me sigue por todos lados
Everyday he follows me around
Typing and translation to Spanish by corpusofdinébizaad.in
Word by word analysis
Díí shileechąą’í Kii wolyé
This is my dog, Kii is called
Díí means “this,” pointing to something close by.
shileechąą’í means “my dog.”
- shi means “my / belonging to me.”
- leechąą’í means “dog.”
Kii is a proper name (the dog’s name).
wolyé means “is called / is named.”
- wo- means “to be known or named.”
- -lyé means “called.”
Full meaning:
“This is my dog, his name is Kii.”
Ałtso ííyą́ą’go bibid dijool.
Ałtso means “everything, all things,” but here it means “all done / finished” referring to the eating being complete.
ííyą́ą’go means “when it has finished eating.”
- ííyą́ą’ means “he ate”
- -go means “when / at the time of.”
bibid means “his stomach.”
- bi- means “his.”
- bid means “stomach / belly.”
dijool means “it is round.”
- di- marks an ongoing condition.
- jool means “round, full.”
Full meaning:
“When he finishes eating, his stomach becomes round.”
Bijaa’ dah naadełgo bitsee’ yik’í diiltąąl
Bijaa’ means “his ears.”
- bi- means “his.”
- jaa’ means “ears.”
dah naadełgo means “when he flops, moves around, or hops about.”
- dah means “up, upward, in the air.”
- naadeeł means “to bounce, hop, move about quickly.”
- -go means “when / while this is happening.”
bitsee’ means “his tail.”
- bi- means “his.”
- tsee’ means “tail.”
yik’í means “on it / onto it.”
- yi- means “to it / toward it.”
- k’í means “on top of / onto.”
diiltąąl means “he steps (on it).”
- dii- indicates action starting or happening.
- ltąąl means “to step.”
Full meaning:
“When his ears flop around, he steps on his own tail.”
T’áá ákwíí jį́ shikéé’ naaldlosh
T’áá ákwíí means “every day, all the time.”
- T’áá means “self, just, really.”
- ákwíí means “each one / every.”
jį́ means “now, at this time,” often giving the sense of regular ongoing habit.
shikéé’ means “around me.”
- shi- means “me.”
- kéé’ means “behind.”
naaldlosh means “he follows (walking).”
- naa- means “to continue or repeatedly.”
- ldlosh means “walk along, follow around.”
Full meaning:
“Every day he follows me around.”
I used a thread with previous Navajo word-by-word analysis where the bot gets more accurate gradually.
Corpus of Diné Bizaad. Navajo linguistics analysis. Updated 11/18/20205