jiilgęsh

Etymology

dzi- (“away into distance”) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -gęsh (semelfactive stem of root -GĘSH, “lightning”).

Verb

jiilgęsh

  1. lightning flashes

Synonyms

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 201
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