binázlį́
Navajo
Etymology
ná- (“around”) + -z- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -lį́ (neuter perfective stem of root -LĮ́, “to flow”). Alternatively, bi- + názlį́
Verb
binázlį́
- it flows around it (as a river around an island)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 375