adiiłkʼąąh

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (extension) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-kʼąąh (imperfective stem of root -KʼĄĄD, “to slant”)

Verb

adiiłkʼąąh

  1. to pull up a heald stick in order to open up the warp in weaving

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 342