chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí

Navajo

Etymology

Composed of chidí naaʼnaʼí (“caterpillar tractor”), from chidí (“car”) + naaʼnaʼ (“it crawls about”) + -í (“nominalizer”); and beeʼeldǫǫh (“gun”), from the verb beeʼeldǫǫh (“explosion is made with it”); and the particle bikááʼ (“on it”) plus the verb dah naaznil (“they sit up”) plus -ígíí (“nominalizer”)

Noun

chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí

(military) tank (military vehicle)

Synonyms

chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí

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