béésh ahédiłí

Etymology

béésh (“metal”) + ahédił (“a pair of objects move against each other”) +‎ -í (nominalizer)

Noun

béésh ahédiłí

  1. scissors

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 166.
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