ahatłeeh

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + -hi- (seriative) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tłeeh (momentaneous stem of root -TŁÉÉʼ, “to handle MM”)

Verb

ahatłeeh

  1. it hops away and out of sight (as a frog)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE ahatłeeh
PERFECTIVE ahootłééʼ

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 566
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