ádééʼíitłʼin

Etymology

ʼádi- (reflexive) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -hi- (seriative) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -tłʼin (momentaneous stem of root -TŁʼIN, “to pile”)

Verb

ádééʼíitłʼin

  1. to put, pile them on oneself, deck oneself out with them

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 14.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 578
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