ahádeiziid

Etymology

ahá- (“apart, in two”) + -da- (plural) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ziid (distributive stem of root -ZIID, “to pour”)

Verb

ahádeiziid

  1. to separate it into discrete portions or parts by pouring or raking

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 38.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 750
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