hodiiltłáád

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -di- (“fire”) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -tłáád (momentaneous stem of root -TŁAH, “to burn”)

Verb

hodiiltłáád

  1. an area catches fire, blazes up
  2. a forest fire starts

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 561
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