adiiłdǫǫh

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (sensory) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-dǫǫh (semelfactive stem of root -DON, “to explode”)

Verb

adiiłdǫǫh

  1. to shoot, cause an explosion

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 31.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 147