tʼáadoo danitʼání íítiʼ

== Navajo == === Etymology === tʼáadoo (“without”) + da- (plural prefix) + nitʼą (“it is ripened”) + -í (nominalizer) + -tiʼ (stem for breaking a brittle object) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʰɑ̂ːtòː tɑ̀nɪ̀tʼɑ́nɪ́ ʔíːtʰɪ̀ʔ/ === 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.