-nii

Ahtna

Stem

-nii

1. alternative form of -niit (“at a place distantly upriver”)

Jicarilla

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *neˑnʔ. Cognate with Navajo aniiʼ, Ahtna -naenʼ

Noun

-nii (third-person singular possessed form minii)

1. face

References

• Phone, Wilhelmina; Olson, Maureen; Martinez, Matilda (2007), Axelrod, Melissa, Gómez de García, Lachler, Jordan, editors, Dictionary of Jicarilla Apache / Abáachi Mizaa Iłkeeʼ Siijai, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 368

Navajo

Suffix

-nii

1. Forms the names of clans or groups of people related to a location.

References

• Robert W. Young; William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 2