aneełnééh

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -ni- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -nééh (momentaneous stem of root -NAʼ, “a flat flexible object moves”)

Verb

aneełnééh

  1. (with biʼoh) its supply runs out, becomes exhausted

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE aneełnééh
PERFECTIVE anééłnaʼ

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 115.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 416
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