Etymology

"Light ripening": bini ‎(“in it”) + a- ‎(“modal prefix...the act of doing”) + nitʼą́ą́ ‎(“ripened”), from ńtʼą́ ‎(“it ripens”) + tsʼózí ‎(“light”). Compare Western Apache Binestʼántsʼǭǭsé ‎(“August, slender harvest”).

Pronunciation