beeʼeldǫǫh

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beeʼeldǫǫh

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “This needs expansion. The initial bee- is most likely the more-often-separate prefix bee (“with it, by means of it”), and the -l- classifier appears to be the passive. I dimly recall reading somewhere that the -dǫǫh verb stem is onomatopoeic?”

Literally, “an explosion is made with it”. Compare bee.

Noun edit

beeʼeldǫǫh

gun
musket

Derived terms edit

beeʼeldǫǫh tʼáá bíniʼdii bikʼa ádiih yiyiinííłígíí (“machine gun”)
beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh (“cannon”)
chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí (“tank”)
chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí (“tank”)