wóʼąąlzhood

Etymology

wóʼą- (“over an edge”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -zhood (imperfective momentaneous stem of root -ZHÓÓD, “a bulky object moves”).

Verb

wóʼąąlzhood

  1. it slides off the edge (as an object sliding off a wagon or arroyo bank)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE wóʼąąlzhood
PERFECTIVE wóʼąąlzhóód

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 787
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