naałdaas

Etymology 1

na- (“downward”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -daas (momentaneous stem of root -DÁÁZ, “to mass moves”)

Verb

naałdaas

  1. it (a mass) slides, tumbles, spurts falls downwards
  2. it collapses and falls in

Etymology 2

na- (atelic, circuital) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -daas (continuative stem of root -DÁÁZ, “to mass moves”)

Verb

naałdaas

  1. it (a mass) moves about

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 122
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