adishah

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -zhah (iterative stem of root -ZHAʼ, “to be curved”).

Verb

adishah

1. it snags, it is snaggy, hooked, sharp-pointed

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter repetitive.

Derived terms

• béésh adishahí (“barbed wire”)