łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná
Navajo
Etymology
Compound of łį́į́ʼ (“horse, livestock”) + bi- (“third-person possessive prefix”) + tsísʼná (“bee, stinging insect”).
Noun
łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná
- botfly, horsefly; more specifically, members of family Oestridae
Synonyms
- tłʼézhii (“horsefly”)