dzootʼih

Etymology

dzi- (“away into distance”) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tʼih (progressive stem of root -TʼIʼ, “to go swiftly”)

Verb

dzootʼih

  1. to go streaking along, move along rapidly or quickly

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi), third person only

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 553
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