beeʼeldǫǫh

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beeʼeldǫǫh

Etymology

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

beeʼeldǫǫh

gun
musket

Inflection

possessives of beeʼeldǫǫh

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shibeeʼeldǫǫh	nihibeeʼeldǫǫh	danihibeeʼeldǫǫh
2nd person	nibeeʼeldǫǫh	nihibeeʼeldǫǫh	danihibeeʼeldǫǫh
3rd person	bibeeʼeldǫǫh
4th person (3o)	yibeeʼeldǫǫh
4th person (3a)	habeeʼeldǫǫh
Indefinite (3i)	abeeʼeldǫǫh

Derived terms

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