tsé béésh bee daakʼaashígíí

Etymology

tsé (“rock, stone”) + béésh (“knife”) + bee (“by means of it”) + daakʼaash, from the root -KʼAAZH (“to grind”) + -ígíí (nominalizer). Literally, “stone by means of which knives are sharpened”

Noun

tsé béésh bee daakʼaashígíí

  1. corundum
  2. carborundum
  3. whetstone

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 341
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