naaltaał

Etymology 1

na- (“downward”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -taał (momentaneous stem of root -TÁÁL, “to move the foot”)

Verb

naaltaał

  1. to spring down from a height
  2. to come or go dashing down
Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi)

Etymology 2

na- (atelic, circuital) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -taał (continuative stem of root -TÁÁL, “to move the foot”)

Verb

naaltaał

  1. to dash or scamper about
  2. to move the feet about, refuse to stand still
Conjugation

Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 488
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