ahéédzíłteeł

Etymology

ahéé- (“in a circle”) + -dzi- (“away into distance”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -teeł (momentaneous stem of root -TEEL, “to be wide”).

Verb

ahéédzíłteeł

  1. it (a tribe, crowd, herd) roams, ranges

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE ahéédzíłteeł
PERFECTIVE ahéézníłteel

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 499
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