bee iigisí

Etymology

bee (“by means of it”) + iigis 'something is washed' composed of ʼa- (unspecified person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -gis (imperfective stem of root -GIZ, “to wash”) + -í (nominalizer)

Noun

bee iigisí

  1. washing machine

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 163.
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