kinaaldá

== Navajo == === Etymology === Possibly from kin (“house”) + na- (atelic, circuital) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -dá (neuter perfective stem of root -DÁ, “to sit — 1 actor”), referring to the isolation of a girl at her first menstruation in a small hut where she must remain for a period of time. === Noun === kinaaldá puberty puberty ceremony first menses ==== Related terms ==== kinaaldaah (“she menstruates for the first time”)