bee adiltąshí

Etymology

bee (“by means of it”) + adiltąsh 'flipping is done' from ʼadi- (agentive passive object) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -tąsh (repetitive iterative stem of root -TĄZH, “to flick”) + -í (nominalizer)

Noun

bee adiltąshí

  1. slingshot (weapon)

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 157.
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