tó bee naatʼáhí

Etymology

tó (“water”) + bee (“by means of it”) + naatʼá (“it is carried about in a closed container”) +‎ -h- (ligature) +‎ -í (nominalizer)

Noun

tó bee naatʼáhí

  1. canteen

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 706.
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