bee atsʼiʼí

Etymology

bee (“by means of it”) + ʼa- (unspecified person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tsʼiʼ (imperfective stem of root -TSʼIʼ, “to pinch”) + -í (nominalizer), literally “by means of it something unspecified is pinched”

Noun

bee atsʼiʼí

  1. tweezers
  2. pincer

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 635
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