tsé bee hahaʼníłí

Etymology

tsé (“rock, stone”) + bee (“by means of it”) + hahaʼnííł (“they are taken up out one after the other”, simple passive of hahanííł) +‎ -í (nominalizer)

Noun

tsé bee hahaʼníłí

  1. crowbar
  2. rock prize (tool used for prying rocks up)

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 729.
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