beeʼeldǫǫh bikǫʼ

Etymology

beeʼeldǫǫh (“gun”) + bikǫʼ (“its fire”)

Noun

beeʼeldǫǫh bikǫʼ

  1. gunpowder

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 162.
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