bee akʼeʼelchíhí tóhígíí
Navajo
Etymology
From bee akʼeʼelchíhí (“pen, pencil, chalk”) + tóhígíí, formed from tó (“water”) + -h- (ligature) + -ígíí (nominalizer)
Noun
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 158.