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The Navajo Code
General Vocabulary
English WordAbandon
About Abreast Accomplish According Acknowledge Action Activity Adequate Addition Address Adjacent Adjust Advance Advise Aerial Affirmative After Against Aid Air Airdome Alert All Allies Along Also Alternate Ambush Ammunition Amphibious And Angle Annex Announce Anti Anticipate Any Appear Approach Approximate Are Area Armor Army Arrive Artillery As Assult Assemble Assign At Attack Attempt Attention Authenticator Authorize Available Baggage Banzai Barge Barrage Barrier Base Battery Battle Bay Bazooka Be Beach Been Before Begin Belong Between Beyond Bivouac Bomb Booby trap Borne Boundary Bull dozer Bunker But By Cable Caliber Camp Comouflage Can Cannoneer Capicity Capture Carry Case Casualty Cause Cave Ceiling Cemetary Center Change Channel Charge Chemical Circle Circuit Class Clear Cliff Close Coast guard Code Colon Column Combat Combination Come Comma Commercial Commit Communication Conceal Concentration Concussion Condition Conference Confidential Confirm Conquer Consider Consist Consolidate Construct Contact Continue Control Convoy Coordinate Counter attack Course Craft Creek Cross Cub Dash Dawn Defense Degree Delay Deliver Demolition Dense Depart Department Designate Desperate Detatch Detail Detonator Difficult Dig in Direct Disembark Dispatch Displace Display Disposition Distribute District Do Document Drove Dud Dummy Each Echelon Edge Effective Effort Element Elevate Eliminate Embark Emergency Emplacement Encircle Encounter Engage Engine Engineer Enlarge Enlist Entire Entrench Envelop Equipment Erect Escape Establish Estimate Evacuate Except Expect Exchange Executive Explosive Expedite Extend Extreme Fail Failure Farm Feed Field Fierce File Final Flame thrower Flank Flare Flight Force Form Formation Fortification Fortify Forward Fragmentation Frequency Friendly Form Furnish Further Garrison Gasoline Grenade Guard Guide Hall Half track Halt Handle Have Headquarter Held High High explosive Highway Hold Hospital Hostile Howitzer Illuminate Immediatley Impact Important Improve Include INcrease INdicate Infantry Infiltrate Initial INstall Installation Instruct Intelligence Intense Intercept Interfere INterpret Investigate Involve Is Island Isolate Jungle Kill Kilocycle Labor Land Launch Leader Least Leave Left Less Level Liaison Limit Litter Locate Loss Machine gun Magnetic Manage Maneuver Map Maximum Machanic Mechanized Medical Megacycle Merchant ship Message Military Millimeter Mine Minimum Minute Mission Mistake Mopping More Mortar Motion Motor Native Navy Necessary Negative Net Neutral Normal Not Notice Now Number Objective Observe Obstacle Occupy Of Offensive Once Only Operate Opportunity Opposition Or Orange Order Ordnance Originate Other Out Overlay Parenthesis Particular Party Pay Penalize Percent Period Periodic Permit Personnel Photograph Pill box Pinned down Plane Plasma Point Pontoon Position Possible Post Prepare Present Previous Primary Priority Probable Problem Proceed Progress Protect Provide Purple Pyrotechnic Question Quick Radar Raid Railhead Railroad Rallying Range Rate Ration Ravine Reach Ready Rear Receipt Recommend Reconnaissance Reconnoiter Record Red Reef Reembark Refire Regulate Reinforce Relief Relieve Reorganize Replacement Report Representative Request Reserve Restrict Retire Retreat Return Reveal Revert Revetment Ridge Rifleman River Robot bomb Rocket Roll Round Route Runner Sabotage Saboteur Sailor Salvage Sat Scarlet, red Schedule Scout Screen Seaman Secret Sector Secure Seize Select Semi colon Set Shackle Shell Shore Short Side Sight Signal Simplex Sit Situate Smoke Sniper Space Special Speed Sporadic Spotter Spray Squadron Storm Straff Straggler Strategy Stream Strength Stretch Strike Strip Stubborn Subject Submerge Submit Subordinate Succeed Success Successful Successive Such Suffer Summary Supplementary Supply Supply ship Support Surrender Surround Survive System Tactical Take Tank Tank Destroyer Target Task Team Terrace Terrain Territory That The Their Thereafter These They This Together Torpedo Total Tracer Traffic Diagram Train Transportation Trench Triple Troop Truck Type Under Unidentified Unit Unshackle Until Vicinity Village Visibility Vital Warning Was Water Wave Weapon Well When Where Which Will Wire With Within Without Wood Wound Yard Zone |
Navajo Wordye-tsan
wola-chi-a-moffa-gahn wola-chee-be-yied ul-so be-ka-ho hanot-dzied ah-ha-tinh ah-ha-tinh-y beh-gha ih-he-de-ndel yi-chin-ha-tse be-gahi has-tai-nel-kad nas-sey na-netin be-zonz lanh bi-kha-di(a) be-na-gnish eda-ele-tsood nilchi nilchi-beghan ha-ih-des-ee ta-a-tah(a) nih-hi-cho wolachee-snez eh-do na-kee-go-ne-nan-dey-he khac-da beh-eli-doh-be-cah-ali-tas-al chal do dee-cahn ih-nay-tani beh-ha-o-dze wol-la-chee-tsin ni-jol-lih dah-ha-dah ye-ka-ha-ya bi-chi-ol-dah to-kus-dan gah-tsobig haz-a-gih besh-ye-ha-da-dih-teh lei-cha-ih-yil-knee-ih il-day be-al-doh-tso-lani ache altseh-e-jah-he de-ji-kash bah-deh-tahn ah-di al-tah-je-jay bo-o-ne-tah(a) giha hani-ba-ah-ho-zin be-bo-ho-snee ta-shoz-teh-ih klailh(b) ne-tah besh-na-elt besh-ba-wa-chind bih-chan-ni-ah bih-tsee-dih bih-be-al-doh-tka-ih da-ah-hi-dzi-tsio toh-ah-hi-ghinh ah-zhol tses-nah tah-bahn(b) tses-nah-nes-chee bih-tse-dih ha-hol-ziz tses-nah-snez bi-tah-kiz bilh-ladi ehl-nas-teh a-ye-shi dineh-ba-whoa-blehi ye-chie-tsah ka-yah-bi-ha-has-dzoh(b) dola-alth-wosh tsas-ka neh-dih be-gha besh-lkoh nahl-khid to-altseh-hogan di-nes-ih yah-di-zini be-al-doh-tso-dey-dil-don-igi be-nel-ah yis-nah yo-lailh bit-sah bih-din-ne-dey bi-neh-nani tsa-ond da-tel-jay jish-cha ulh-ne-ih thla-go-a-nat-zah ha-talhi-yazzie ah-tah-gi-jah ta-nee nas-pas ah-heh-ha-dailh alth-ah-a-teh yo-ah-hol-zhod tse-ye-chee ul-chi-uh-nal-yah ta-bas-dsissi yil-tas naki-alh-deh-da-al-zhin alth-kay-ne-zih da-ah-hi-jih-ganh al-tkas-el huc-quo tsa-na-dahl nai-el-ne-hi huc-quo-la-jish ha-neh-al-enji be-ki-asz-jole ta-la-hi-jih whe0hus-dil ah-ho-tai be-ke-ya-ti na-nil-in ta-a-neh a-keh-des-dlin ne-tsa-cas bilh(c) ah-hih-hi-nil ahl-neh ah-hi-di-dail ta-yi-teh nai-ghiz tkal-kah-o-nel beh-eh-ho-zin-na-as-dzoh woltah-al-ki-gi-jeh co-ji-goh ah-toh toh-nil-tsanh al-n-as-dzoh shush-yahz us-dzoh ha-yeli-kahn ah-kin-cil-toh nahl-kihd be-sitihn be-bih-zihde ah-deel-tahi ho-dilh-cla(d) da-de-yah hogan ye-khi-del-nei ah-da-ah-ho-dzah al-cha-nil be-beh-sha ah-deel-tahi(or) ha-ne-klah le-eh-gade ah-ji-go eh-ha-jay la-chai-en-seis-be-jay hih-do-nal be-seis-na-neh a-ho-tey nah-neh be-thin-ya-ni-che tse-le beh-eh-ho-zinz ah-nol-kahl di-giss-yahzie di-giss-tso ta-lahi-ne-zini-go(d) who-dzah be-ba-hi be-delh-need yea-go ah-na-nai ali-khi-ho-ne-oka ha-beh-to-dzil eh-ho-jay ho-nez-cla la-az-nil ye-nas-teh(e) bi-khanh a-ha-ne-ho-ta chidi-bi-tsi-tsine(e) day-dil-jah-he nih-tsa-goh-al-neh bih-zih-a-da-yi-lah ta-a-tah(f) e-gad-ah-ne-lih a-zah-gi-ya ya-ha-de-tahi yeh-zhin a-zeh-ha-ge-yah has-tay-dzah bih-ke-tse-hod-des-kez ha-na neh-dih(e) na-wol-ne alh-nahl-yah a-do-nil ah-del-tahi(e) shil-loh(e) ne-tdale al-tsan-ah-bahm cha-al-eind yees-ghin mai-be-he-ahgan dzeh-chi-yon clo-dih(f) toh-bah-ha-zsid ba-eh-chez tah-ah-kwo-dih coh-ah-ghil-tlid dah-di-kad wo-chi ma-e-as-zloli ta-na-ne-ladi be-cha be-cha-ye-lailh ah-na-sozi ah-na-sozi-yazzie teji besh-yazzie ha-talhi-tso neh-hecho-da-ne bi-tsan-dehn yeas-nil(f) wo-nas-di wah-a-da-hal-yon-ih chidi-bi-toh ni-ma-si ni-dih-da-hi nah-e-thlai lhi-ta-a-ta alh-nih-jah-a-quhe ta-akwai-i bet-seen jo na-ha-tah-ta-ba-hogan wo-tah-ta-eh-dahn-oh wo-tah be-al-doh-be-ca-bih-dzil-igi wo-tah-ho-ne-teh wo-tkanh a-zey-al-ih a-nah-ne-dzin be-el-don-ts-qupdi wo-chi(i) shil-loh(i) a-he-dis-goh ba-has-teh ho-dol-zhond el-tsod ho-nalh ba-hal-neh ta-neh-nal-dahi ye-gha-ne-jeh beh-ed-de-dlid ehd-tnah nas-nil na-ne-tgin ho-ya(i) dzeel yel-na-me-jah ah-nilh-khlai ah-tah-ha-ne na-ali-ka a-tah seis seis-kayah bih-tsa-nel-kad woh-di-chil naz-tsaid nas-tsaid-a-kha-yeh-ha-dilh na-nish kay-yah tka-ghil-zhod ah-na-ghai de-be-yazie-ha-a-ah dah-de-yah nish-cla-jih-goh bi-oh(l) dil-konh da-a-he-gi-eneh ba-has-ah ni-das-ton (L) a-kwe-eh ut-din a-knah-as-donih na-e-lahi hastni-beh-na-hai na-na-o-nalth kah-ya-nesh-chai bel-dil-khon chiti-a-nayl-inih chidi-da-ah-he-goni a-zay mil-ah-heh-ah-dilh na-el-nehi-tsin-na-ailh hane-al-neh silago-keh-goh na-as-tso-si-a-ye-do-tish ha-gade be-oh(m) ah-khay-el-kit-yazzie al-neshodi o-zhi ha-tao-di thla-na-nah ba-al-doh-cid-da-hi na-hot-nah chide-be-tse-tsen ka-ha-teni tal-kah-silago ye-na-zehn do-ya-sho-da na-nes-dizi do-neh-lini doh-a-ta-h-dah ni-dah-than-zie ne-da-tazi-thin kut beh-bih-ke-as-chinigh bi-ne-yei hal-zid da-ho-desh-zha yeel-tsod toh-ni-tkal-lo bin-kie-jinh-jih-dez-jay ta-lai-di ta-ei-tay-a-yah ye-nahl-nish ash-ga-alin ne-he-tsah-jih-shin eh-do-dah-goh tchil-lhe-soi be-eh-ho-zini lei-az-jah das-teh-do la-e-cih clo-dih be-ka-has-tsoz atsanh a-yo-ad-do-neh da-sha-jah na-eli-ya tah-ni-des-tanh yal da-ahl-zhin da-al-zhin-thin-moasi gos-shi-e da-ne-lei beh-chi-ma-had-nil mi-so-dih-dot-sahi-bi-tsah bil-dah-has-tanh-ya tsidi dil-di-ghili be-so-de-dez-ahe tkosh-jah-da-na-elt bilh-has-ahn ta-ha-ah-tay sah-dei hash-tay-ho-dit-ne kut bih-tse-dih altseh-nan-day-hi-gih hane-pesodi da-tsi na-nish-tsoh nay-nih-jih nah-sai ah0chanh yis-nil dinl-chi coh-na-chanh ah-jah shil-loh esat-tsanh(r) desjay a-de-geh-hi konh-na-al-bansi-bi-thin a-lah-na-o-glalih an-zah gah-eh-yahn na-a-jah chush-ka(r) il-day(r) kut(r) be-ka-denh(r) shoz-teh che-ho-tai-tahn ha-a-cidi ta-ha-ne-al-ua gah-ah-nah-kloli li-chi tsa-zhin eh-na-coh na-na-coh na-yel-n nal-dzil aganh-tol-jay nah-jih-co-nal-ya ha-dit-zah ni-na-do-nil who-neh tka-naz-nili jo-kayed-goh hesh-j-e ba-ho-chini ah-hos-teend ji-din-nes-chanh na-dzan who-neh(l) na-si-yiz ba-nas-cla(r) gah-ghil-keid be-al-do-hosteen toh-yil-kal a-ye-shi-na-tah-ih lesz-yil-beshi yeh-mas naz-pas(r) gah-bih-tkeen dih-dzid-teih a-tkel-yah a-tkel-el-ini cha-le-gai na-has-glah bih-la-sana-cid-da-hi le-chi(s&r) beh-eh-ho-zini ha-a-sid-al-sizi-gih besh-na-nes-dizi tkal-kah-dineh-ih bah-has-tkih yoehi(s) ye-dzhe-al-tsisi yeel-stod be-tah-has-gla da-ahl-zhin-bi-tsa-na-dahl dzeh-cid-da-hi di-bah-nesh-gohz be-al-doh-be-ca tah-bahn(s) bosh-keesh bosh-keesh ye-el-tsanh na-eh-eh-gish alah-ih-ne-tih tkin-cid-da-hi a-ho-tay lit oh-behi be-tkah e-yih-sih yo-zons ah-na-ho-neil eel-tsay-i klesh-so-dilzin nah-ghizi ne-ol na-wo-ghi-goid chy-ne-de-dahe na-ha-tah(s) toh-ni-lih dzhel desz-tsood ney-dal-ghal ha-tih-jah nil-ta na-nish-yazzie tkal-cla-yi-yah a-nih-leh al-khi-nal-dzl yah-tay-go-e-elah ut-zah ut-zah-ha-dez-bin ut-zah-sid yiz-cleh to-ho-ne shin-go-bah tka-go-ne-nan-dey-he nal-yeh-hi nalga-hi-tsin-nah-ailh ba-ah-hot-gli ne-na-cha naz-pas(s) yis-da-ya di-ba-tsa-as-zhi-bi-tsin e-chihn gah-tahn chay-da-gahi chay-da-gahi-nail-tsaidi wol-doni tazi-na-eh-dil-kid deh-na-as-tso-si ali-khi-ho-ne-oha(t) tashi-na-hal-thin ka-yah(t) tazi-cha cha-gee bih ta-zi-kwa-i-be-ka-di cha-gi-o-eh cha-gee(y) di da-bilh lo-be-ca ta-al-so beh-na-al-kah-hi hane-ba-na-as-dzoh coh-nai-ali-bahn-si a-hah-da-a-cha e-gade tka-ih nal-deh-hi chido-tso alth-ah-a-teh bi-yah do-bay-hosen-e da-az-jah(u) no-da-eh-nesh-gohz uh-quo-ho ha-hos-ah-gih chah-ho-oh-lhan-ih nay-es-tee ta-eh-ye-sy bilh-he-neh(w) ne-teh tkoh yilh-kolh beh-dah-a-hi-jih-gani to-ha-ha-dlay gloe-eh-na-ah-wo-hai gloe-ih-qui-ah gloe-ih-a-hsi-tlon gloe-ih-dot-sahi besh-tsosie bilh(w) bilh-bigih ta-gaid chiz cah-da-khi a-del-tahl bih-na-has-dzoh |
Literal Translationrun away from
ant fight ant breast all done according to acknowledge place of action action ending in y enough addition address near adjust ahead advise stinger affirmative after against aid air airdome alert all allies long ant also second position ambush ammunition frog and slanting addition announce ant ice anticipate any appear approach approximate rabbit area iron protector army arrive many big guns as first striker bunch together assign at attack try attention know about authorize available baggage fool them barge barrage in the way base three guns battle bay bazooka bee beach bee nut before commence from long bee between down below brush shelter eggs man trap born elk boundary bull sleep sandy hollow but by wire rope move around temporary place hid can big gun operator capacity capture carry case put out of action cause rock cave seal among devils center change small singer charge alkali circle circuit class clear cliff close shore runner peck two spots column fighting mixed come tail drop commercial come glove making talk conceal one place concussion how it is talk over kept secret make sure won think it over consist put together to make come together continue control moving on water known lines counter act course nest very little water cross cub dash dawn defense degree deer lay deer liver blow up wet depart department point out down to last detached deer tail blown up difficult dig in direct get out dog is patch move deer is play disposition distribute deer ice strict small pup document drive small dummy big dummy each line edge effective with troop representing others elevate eliminate get on emergency emplacement encircle go against agreed engine engineer make big enlist entire make ditch envelope equipment stand up escape establish estimate evacuate except expect exchange execute explosive speed up make wide each end fail failure fox arm feed field afraid file that is all flame thrower flank light streak fox light without care form formation cliff dwelling small fortification let's go small metal big singer friendly from furnish further take care of gasoline potatoes guard guide horse all race track halt handle have headquarter held (past tense) high powerful shell high way hold place of medicine not friendly short big gun light up immediately impact important improve include increase tell about infantry went through brand install in place teach smart strength intercept interfere interpret track involve seven seven island separate jungle kill kill oil go around labor land launch leader lamb feast he left left less level know other's action limit scatter spot loss rapid fire gun pick up man age moving around map fill to top auto repairman fighting cars medicine million go around merchant ship message military double mouse mine minimum little hour mission miss mopping more sitting gun motion car head native sea soldier want no good net neutral normal no turkey no turkey ice now what's written goal observe obstacle taken ocean fish offensive once only work at opportunity opposition either orange order under ground begin other outside overlay rib particular party pay set back money period period ice cat permit member photograph sick pig box pinned down bird plasma pig point floating barrel position possible post prepare present previous 1st position priority probable big job go progress self defense provide purple fancy fire ear quick listen raid shipping point railroad gathering distance rabbit ate ration ravine reach ready rear receipt recommend inspector make sure r-e-rope red black rock go in refire regulate reinforce relief remove reorganize replacement got word triple men ask for reserve restrict retire retreat came back reveal turn about corner rabbit ridge rifleman much water egg fly sand boil roll round rabbit trail runner hindered trouble maker white caps pick them up apple sitting red schedule short racoon screen seaman secret sector small security seize took out dot drop elk sitting shackle shell shore short side seen by signs inner wire ice sitting (s)situate smoke pick 'em off between main thing swift motion now and then spotter snake pray squash storm hoe straggler strategy running water strength stretch strike strip stubborn small job went under water send helping each other make good it is done it is done well success scar sox suffer summer Mary third position supply supply ship depend surrender surround survive system tactical take tortoise tortoise killer target turkey ask tea mouse terrace turkey rain territory turkey hat blue-jay their turkey here after the see the y the together fish shell total tracer diagram story line train transportation trench triple troop big auto type under unidentified unit unshackle until there about many shelter visibilaty vital warning was water wage fighting weapon well weasel hen weasel here weasel tied together sick weasel small wire with with in without fire wood wound yard zone |
Organizations
English WordCorps
Division Regiment Battalion Company Platoon Section Squad |
Navajo Worddin-neh-ih
ashih-hi tabaha tacheene nakia has-clish-nih yo-ih zbeh-li-zini |
Literal Translationclan
salt edge water red soil Mexican mud beads black sheep |
Officers
English WordCommanding General
Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Commanding Officer Executive Officer |
Navajo Wordbih-keh-he(g)
so-na-kih so-a-la-ih atsah-besh-le-gat che-chil-be-tah-besh-legai che-chil-be-tah-ola besh-legai-na-kih besh-legai-ah-la-ih hash-kay-gi-na-tah bih-da-hol-nehi |
Literal Translationwar chief
two star one star silver eagle silver oak leaf gold oak leaf two silver bars one silver bar war chief those in charge |
Countries
English WordAfrica
Alaska America Australia Britain China France Germany Iceland India Italy Japan Philippine Russia South America Spain |
Navajo Wordzhin-ni
beh-nga ne-he-mah cha-yes-desi toh-ta ceh-yehs-besi da-gah-hi besh-be-cha-he tkin-ke-yah ah-le-gai doh-ha-chi-yali-tchi beh-na-ali-tsasie ke-yah-da-na-lhe sila-gol-chi-in sha-de-ah-ne-hi-mah deba-de-nih |
Literal Translationblackies
with winter our mother rolled hat between waters braided hair beard iron hat ice land white clothes stutter slant eye floating island red army south our mother sheep pain |
Airplanes
English WordPlanes
Dive Bomber Torpedo Plane Observation Plane Fighter Plane Bomber Plane Patrol Plane Transport |
Navajo Wordwo-tah-de-ne-ih
gini tas-chizzie ne-as-jan da-he-tih-hi jay-sho ga-gih atsah |
Literal TranslationAir Force
Chicken Hawk Swallow Owl Humming Bird Buzzard Crow Eagle |
Ships
English WordShips
Battleship Aircraft Carrier Submarine Mine Sweeper Destroyer Transport Cruiser Mosquito Boat |
Navajo Wordtoh-dineh-ih
to-tso tsidi-moffa-ye-hi besh-lo cha ca-lo dineh-nay-ye-hi to-tso-yazzie tse-e |
Literal Translationsea force
whale bird carrier iron fish beaver shark man carrier small whale mosquito |
Months
English WordJanuary
February March April May June July August September October November December |
Navajo Wordatsah-be-yaz
woz-cheind ta-chill tah-tso tah-tsosie be-ne-eh-eh-jah-tso be-ne-ta-tsosie be-neen-ta-tso ghaw-jih nitohi-tsosie nitchi-tso yas-niltes |
Literal Translationsmall eagle
squeaky voice small plant big plant small plant big planting small harvest big harvest half small wind big wind crusted snow |