ádináhooził

Etymology

ʼádi- (reflexive) + -ná- (around) + -ho- (space, area, things) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-ził (cursive stem of root -ZIID, “to grab”)

Verb

ádináhooził

  1. he/she/it is groping around oneself

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi)

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 18.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 748