adishish

Etymology

ʼadi- (agentive passive object) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -zhish (usitative stem of root -ZHIIZH, “to poke”).

Verb

adishish

  1. it stings, spears with its horn, pokes regularly

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 26.
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