azanátsihí

Etymology

From azééʼ (“mouth”) +‎ ná- (iterative) + -tsih (“stuck in”) + -í (nominalizer), literally “it is stuck in the mouth again and again”

Noun

azanátsihí

  1. clinical thermometer

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 140.
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