tsé bee bił daʼdildoní

Etymology

tsé (“rock, stone”) + bee (“by means of it”) + bił (“with it”) + daʼdildon (“explosions occur”) +‎ -í (nominalizer)

Noun

tsé bee bił daʼdildoní

  1. dynamite
  2. blasting powder

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 728.
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