akʼahkǫʼ háálínígíí

Etymology

akʼahkǫʼ (“oil, petroleum”) + háálį́ (“it flows up and out”) +‎ -n- (ligature) +‎ -ígíí (nominalizer)

Noun

akʼah háálínígíí (plural akʼahkǫʼ hadaazlínígíí)

  1. oil well

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 79.
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