awókʼiz bee naʼatsií

Etymology

awókʼiz (“space between the teeth”) + bee (“by means of it”) + naʼatsií, composed of na- (atelic, circuital) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -tsi (imperfective stem of root -TSI, “to act with a stick”) + -í (nominalizer), literally “thing with which one pokes about in the space between the teeth”

Noun

awókʼiz bee naʼatsií

  1. toothpick

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 137.
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