ahénálzhood

Etymology

ahéé- (“in a circle”) + -ná- (“around”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -zhood (imperfective momentaneous stem of root -ZHÓÓD, “a bulky object moves”).

Verb

ahénálzhood

  1. it moves sliding around in a circle

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE ahénálzhood
PERFECTIVE ahénálzhóód

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 787
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