Wááshindoon bisiláo nidaʼałkaahígíí

Etymology

By surface analysis Wááshindoon (“the federal government”) + bisiláo (“its police”) + nidaʼałkaahígíí, composed of na- (atelic) +‎ da- (plural) +‎ ał- (reciprocal) + + -kaah (continuative imperfective stem of root -KÁÁʼ, “to track, investigate”) + -ígíí (nominalizer), literally “the federal government's police investigators”

Proper noun

Wááshindoon bisiláo nidaʼałkaahígíí

  1. the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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