kǫʼ yiniłtsésí

Navajo

Etymology

From kǫʼ (“fire”) +‎ yiniłtséés (“he extinguishes it”) +‎ -í (nominalizer), literally “the one that extinguishes fires”.

Noun

kǫʼ yiniłtsésí

See also

kǫʼ bee niltsésí (“fire extinguisher”)
kǫʼ deiniłtsésí (“firefighters”)

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