iiłkaad

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -kaad (momentaneous stem of root -KAAD, “a profusion of objects or an open container falls”)

Verb

iiłkaad

  1. to toss or drop a profusion of objects or the contents of an open container away and out of sight

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person iishkaad iilkaad adeiilkaad
2nd person aniłkaad oołkaad adaałkaad
3rd person iiłkaad adeiłkaad
4th person ajiłkaad adajiłkaad

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 303
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