adiłtʼoh

Etymology

ʼadi- (agentive passive object) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tʼoh (repetitive usitative stem of root -TʼOH, “to shoot”)

Verb

adiłtʼoh

  1. to practice archery, be an archer or bowman

Conjugation

usitative singular duoplural plural
1st person adishtʼoh adiiłtʼoh daʼdiiłtʼoh
2nd person adíłtʼoh adohłtʼoh daʼdohłtʼoh
3rd person adiłtʼoh daʼdiłtʼoh
4th person azhdiłtʼoh dazhʼdiłtʼoh

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 27.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 557
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