chʼíníłkʼaaz

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ní- (ni-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -kʼaaz (perfective stem of root -KʼAAZ, “to be cold”).

Verb

chʼíníłkʼaaz

  1. a cold draft comes out horizontally (as from a canyon or refrigerated room)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni), third person only. This verb has no other forms.

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 338
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