chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí

Etymology

Composed of chidí naaʼnaʼí (caterpillar tractor), from chidí (car) + naaʼnaʼ (it crawls about) + (nominalizer); and beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh (cannon), from the verb beeʼeldǫǫh (explosion is made with it) + the adjectival enclitic tsoh (big); and the particle bikááʼ (on it) plus the verb dah naaznil (they sit up) plus -ígíí (nominalizer)

Noun

chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí

  1. (military) tank (military vehicle)

Synonyms

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