chʼííłkaad

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ł- (classifier) + -kaad (imperfective stem of root -KAAD, “flatness moves, liquid or profusion of small objects spreads out”).

Verb

chʼííłkaad

  1. to throw something (a liquid or set of small objects) horizontally outward

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 303
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