análdił
Navajo
Etymology
By surface analysis, ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -ná- (iterative) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, passive) + -dił (repetitive stem of root -DÉÉL, “a slender flexible object moves”)
Verb
análdił
- it (a slender flexible object) is repeatedly inserted
Derived terms
- awókʼiz análdiłí (“dental floss”)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 134