awééʼ biyaałáí

== Navajo == === Etymology === By surface analysis, awééʼ (“baby”) +‎ biyaa (“under it”) + -łá (perfective stem of a -LÁ (“handle a solid flexible object”)) +‎ -í (nominalizer) === Noun === awééʼ biyaałáí placenta === References === Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 137.