ahoʼniiłtįįh

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tįįh (momentaneous stem of root -TĄ́, “to rain”).

Verb

ahoʼniiłtįįh

  1. it starts to rain

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 480
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