awooʼ bee yichʼiishí bikʼi nátłohí

Etymology

From awooʼ bee yichʼiishí (“toothbrush”) + bikʼi (“on it”) + nátłoh (“it is smeared”) +‎ -í (nominalizer), literally “that which is smeared on a toothbrush”

Noun

awooʼ bee yichʼiishí bikʼi nátłohí

  1. toothpaste

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 137.
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