adiʼniikaad

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + -di- (thematic) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kaad (momentaneous stem of root -KAAD, “flatness moves”).

Verb

adiʼniikaad

  1. he/she starts to play cards

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 302
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