ahaniyídzíkaad

Etymology

ahaa (“toward each other”) + ni- (terminative) + -bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -í- (“against, reaching”) + -dzi- (“away into distance”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kaad (momentaneous stem of root -KAAD, “flatness moves”).

Verb

ahaniyídzíkaad

  1. to slap things together, toss them together hurriedly

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 302
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