bee nahatʼiʼii

Etymology

bee (“by means of it”) + nahatʼiʼ (“it extends in a slender line; it zips about”) +‎ -ii (nominalizer)

Noun

bee nahatʼiʼii

  1. transportation

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 164.
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