ahólzhaʼ

Etymology

ʼah- (reciprocal) + -ó- (“directed at”, combining form of yíní- in the 3rd person) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-zhaʼ (imperfective stem of root -ZHAʼ, “to be curved”)

Verb

ahólzhaʼ

  1. they are hooked or linked together (as the links of a chain)

Derived terms

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 766