níłtsą́goʼ

Navajo

Etymology

From níłtsą́ (“rain”) + -goʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -GOʼ, “to bump, hit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪ́ɬt͡sʰɑ̃́kòʔ/

Noun

níłtsą́goʼ

1. rain beetle (Pleocoma)
2. June bug

References

• Young, Robert, Morgan, William, Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 599