tʼáadoo danitʼání íítiʼ
Navajo
Etymology
tʼáadoo (“without”) + da- (plural prefix) + nitʼą (“it is ripened”) + -í (nominalizer) + -tiʼ (stem for breaking a brittle object)
Proverb
tʼáadoo danitʼání íítiʼ
- don't count your chickens before they're hatched (literally, snap off ears of corn before they are ripe)
- Éí atʼééd tʼáadoo danitʼání yiyíítiʼ ― That girl shucked the corn before it got ripe.