eelʼá

See also: eela and eelá

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (modal) + -l- (classifier)-ʼá (neuter perfective stem of root -ʼÁ, “to extend”)

Verb

eelʼá

  1. it extendss away and out of sigh (trees, plants, a forest, etc.)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only

perfective singular duoplural dist. plural
3rd person eelʼá adaasʼá

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 3