kʼish
See also: kish and Kish
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *qʼəš ~ *qʼəɣəšʷ (“alder”).
Perhaps this word is related to the root -KʼǪSH (“to be sour, be rancid (of color and oil)”).
Noun
kʼish
- (botany) grey alder (Alnus incana)
Derived terms
- kʼistsʼóóz
- kʼishchííʼ
- kʼiishzhinii