adiileeh

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (inceptive) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-leeh (imperfective stem of root -LOʼ, “to act with a rope”).

Verb

adiileeh

  1. to start off (driving an unspecified vehicle)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 386