acháshjish
Navajo
Etymology
The unspecified possessor prefix a- + an unknown element chásh + jish (“medicine pouch”).
Noun
acháshjish
- diaphragm (anatomy: sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 273