łį́į́ʼ = horse Navajo
It used to mean “pet”, then it meant “dog” which is retained in many Athabaskan cognates. Finally the Navajo (and Western Apache) language transferred the usage of “łį́į́ʼ” to the horse, the new pet in their culture.
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