béésh baa ańdajisihígíí

Etymology

béésh (“metal”) + baa (“for it”) + ańdajisihígíí, composed of ʼa- (“away”) + -ná- (iterative) + -da- (plural) + -dzi- (“away into distance”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -zih (iterative stem of root -ZIʼ, “to throw”) + -ígíí (nominalizer)

Noun

béésh baa ańdajisihígíí

  1. target for spear or knife throwing

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 166.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 744
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