eʼełʼaah

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -ʼaah (imperfective stem of root -ʼĄ́, “to handle SRO”)

Verb

eʼełʼaah

  1. to declare a pawn expired
  2. to declare that a mortgage is due

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 17
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