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anti'l

anti'l noun: synonym of corpse powder.

Noun

anti'l (uncountable)

  1. (Navajo culture) Synonym of corpse powder.
    • […] He remembered it now because he was thinking of all the words you need in Navajo to account for the many forms of witchcraft. The word Old Woman Tso had used was "anti'l," which is the ultimate sort, the absolute worst.2005, Tony Hillerman, Rosemary Herbert, Sue Grafton, Jeffery Deaver, A New Omnibus of Crime, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 232
    Synonyms:
    corpse powder

Synonyms of anti'l

Origin of anti'l

Borrowed from Navajo áńt'į́.

Questions about anti'l

What does anti'l mean?
Anti'l means synonym of corpse powder.
What part of speech is anti'l?
Anti'l is a noun.

Words near anti'l in the dictionary

  1. anthypnotic
  2. anthypnotics
  3. anthypophora
  4. anti
  5. anti skub
  6. anti'l
  7. anti-
  8. anti-abolitionism
  9. anti-abortion
  10. anti-abortionism
  11. anti-abortionist

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