adishah
Navajo
Etymology
ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -zhah (iterative stem of root -ZHAʼ, “to be curved”).
Verb
adishah
- it snags, it is snaggy, hooked, sharp-pointed
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter repetitive.
Derived terms
- béésh adishahí (“barbed wire”)