honeesgai

Navajo

Etymology

From the root -GAII, “to be white, hot”), from the association of heat and pain.

Verb

honeesgai

1. to cause to hurt, cause pain

References

• Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 455.