aháyeed

Etymology

ahá- (“apart, in two”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -yeed (momentaneous stem of root -WOD, “to bend”)

Verb

aháyeed

  1. it becomes disjointed, dislocated

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE aháyeed
PERFECTIVE ahááwod
FUTURE ahádoowoł
ITERATIVE ahánáwoʼ
OPTATIVE aháoyeed

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 42.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 647
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