Navajo
Etymology
From awooʼ (“teeth”) + -tah (“among”)
Noun
awótʼah
- gap between the teeth
- Synonym: awókʼiz
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.