kǫʼ bee niltsésí
Navajo
Etymology
From kǫʼ (“fire”) + bee (“with it”) + niltséés (“it is extinguished”, passive form of yiniłtséés) + -í (nominalizer), literally “that with which fire is extinguished”.
Noun
kǫʼ bee niltsésí
- fire extinguisher, fireplug
See also
- kǫʼ yiniłtsésí (“fire engine”)