nʼdilchʼil

Etymology

na- (atelic, circuital) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (“fire”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -chʼil (continuative stem of root -CHʼIL, “to lightning”)

Verb

nʼdilchʼil

  1. there is an electrical storm (literally, 'lighting strikes here and there')

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 107
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