hidiłdaas
Navajo
Etymology
hi- (seriative) + -di- (inceptive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -daas (momentaneous stem of root -DÁÁZ, “to mass moves”)
Verb
hidiłdaas
- it (a mass) spurts, comes in spurts
- (of sparks) they fly, shower
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 122