ałkʼídiitas

Etymology

ʼał- (reciprocal) + -kʼí- (“onto”) + -di- (extension) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -tas (semelfactive stem of root -TAAZ, “to bend”)

Verb

ałkʼídiitas

  1. to wrap around one another, entwine with one another

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (∅/si), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE ałkʼídiitas
PERFECTIVE ałkʼídeestas

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 493
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