adiłdon

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (extension) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -don (repetitive stem of root -DON, “to explode”)

Verb

adiłdon

  1. to know how to shoot a gun, be a marksman

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 25.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 147
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