bihidiłdaas

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -hi- (seriative) + -di- (extension) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -daas (momentaneous stem of root -DÁÁZ, “to mass moves”)

Verb

bihidiłdaas

  1. it (a mass) caves in, crumbles and falls (one quantity after another)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 121
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