Ghąąjįʼ

• Ghą́ą́jįʼ

Literally, "back-to-back": hwííshgháán (“one’s back”) + -jįʼ (“against it”). Compare Western Apache Ghąązhįʼ (“October, lying side-by-side”).

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Ghąąjįʼ

1. October

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.

• (Gregorian calendar months) náhidizídígíí; Yas Niłtʼees, Atsá Biyáázh, Wóózhchʼį́į́d, Tʼą́ą́chil, Tʼą́ą́tsoh, Yaʼiishjááshchilí, Yaʼiishjáástsoh, Biniʼantʼą́ą́tsʼózí, Biniʼantʼą́ą́tsoh, Ghąąjįʼ, Níłchʼitsʼósí, Níłchʼitsoh ^{(Category: nv:Months)}