ahoolʼá

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (modal) + -l- (classifier) + -ʼá (neuter perfective stem of root -ʼÁ, “to extend”)

Verb

ahoolʼá

  1. a space, area, or time extends away and out of sight

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 3
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