yééʼíitłʼin

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -í- (“against, reaching”) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -hi- (seriative) + -∅- (classifier) + -∅- (classifier) + -tłʼin (momentaneous stem of root -TŁʼIN, “to pile”)

Verb

yééʼíitłʼin

  1. to deck it out with something

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 163.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 578
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