atsiniltłʼish
Navajo
Etymology
From the verbal root -TŁʼIIZH (“zigzag”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɑ̀t͡sʰɪ̀nɪ̀lt͡ɬʼɪ̀ʃ/
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Noun
atsiniltłʼish
- lightning
- electricity
- atsiniltłʼish neeztsiz. ― the electricity went out.
Derived terms
- atsiniltłʼish bá hooghan (“power plant”)
- atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí (“electric eel”)
- łeetsoh bee atsiniltłʼish álʼį́ (“nuclear power”)
- naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí (“electric eel”)
See also
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 583