dah iistłʼǫ́

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

dah (“up”) + ii- (contraction of ʼa-hi-) = ʼa- (indefinite 3rd-person object-subject pronoun) + hi- (seriative aspect, one after another) + -s- (ligature) + -tłʼǫ́ (perfective stem, to tie, weave)

Noun edit

dah iistłʼǫ́

loom

See also edit

ásitą́ (“lower crossbeam”)
atłʼótsin (“upper and lower bars”)
dah iistłʼǫ́ báʼííʼáhí (“upright poles”)
iiʼsinil (“heddle rod”)