hadzííʼá

Etymology

ha- (“up out”) + -dzi- (“away into distance”) + -◌́◌́- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼá (neuter perfective stem of root -ʼÁ, “to extend”)

Verb

hadzííʼá

  1. it protrudes from a surface, sticks out, forms a bulge or lump
    bííghą́ą́ʼ hadzííʼá
    he/she is a hunchback

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 1
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