hootłoh

Etymology

hi- (seriative) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tłoh (progressive stem of root -TŁÉÉʼ, “to handle MM”)

Verb

hootłoh

  1. to be hopping or flopping along (as a frog)
  2. to be plopping along on one's rump (as a baby)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 568
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