adziłdon

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -dzi- (away into distance) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-don (momentaneous stem of root -DON, “to explode”)

Verb

adziłdon

  1. to fire a shot into the air

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 74.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 146