ahííjééʼ

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + -hi- (thematic) + -yí- (“directed at”, combining form of yíní- in the 3rd person) + -∅- (classifier) + -jééʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -JÉÉʼ, “to lie”)

Verb

ahííjééʼ

  1. to lie with part of the body extending away and out of sight (of 3+ actors)
  2. to lie "partly in and partly out" (as puppies poking out from under a bed)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person — — ahííníjééʼ
2nd person — — ahíínóhjééʼ
3rd person — — ahííjééʼ
4th person — — ajiyííjééʼ

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 68.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 263
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