adzilghaał

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + -dzi- (“away into distance”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -ghaał (momentaneous stem of root -GHAAL, “to bat”)

Verb

adzilghaał

  1. (with ádee) to throw oneself down, fall, hit the deck

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 33.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 232
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