oonah

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person subject prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nah (progresive stem of root -NAʼ, “a flat flexible object moves”)

Verb

oonah

  1. something unspecified is flying along (a flat flexible object)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi), third person only

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 417
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