béésh baa ańdajisihígíí

== Navajo == === Etymology === béésh (“metal”) + baa (“for it”) + ańdajisihígíí, composed of ʼa- (“away”) + -ná- (iterative) + -da- (plural) + -dzi- (“away into distance”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -zih (iterative stem of root -ZIʼ, “to throw”) + -ígíí (nominalizer) === Noun === béésh baa ańdajisihígíí target for spear or knife throwing === 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 166. Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 744