nahííkaad

Etymology

na- (“downward”) + -hí- (extending) + -◌́◌́- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kaad (neuter perfective stem of root -KAAD, “flatness moves”)

Verb

nahííkaad

  1. it hangs or dangles downward (as a blanket)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 307
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