bidookįįłii

Etymology

Literally, “the ones that will be a source of sustenance to him/her/them”, composed of bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kįįł (future stem of root -KIIN, “to sustain”) + -ii (nominalizer)

Noun

bidookįįłii

  1. provisions

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 185.
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