bee ił adaʼagizí

Etymology

bee (“by means of it”) + ił (“with it”) + ʼa- (“away”) + -da- (plural) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -giz (imperfective stem of root -GIZ, “to twist”) + -í (nominalizer)

Noun

bee ił adaʼagizí

  1. wrench
  2. screwdriver

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 208
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