Etymology

azeeʼ ‎(“medicine”) + ndootʼeezh ‎(“strung with beads”) (from -d- ‎(classifier) + -ʼeezh ‎(perfective stem with the meaning of stringing beads or fish)), plus -í ‎(nominalizer) + łibá ‎(“gray”) + -h- ‎(ligature) + -ígíí ‎(nominalizer)