atsʼáozʼaʼ kʼégéésh

Etymology

atsʼáozʼaʼ (“limb”) + kʼégéésh (“it is cut in two”)

Noun

atsʼáozʼaʼ kʼégéésh

  1. amputation

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 136.
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