ahinitih

Etymology

From the root -TIH (to be tight, squeezed)

Verb

ahinitih

  1. it becomes tight

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE ahinitih
PERFECTIVE ahinéétih
FUTURE ahidínóotih
ITERATIVE ahinánítih
OPTATIVE ahinótih

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 62.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 504