yíʼdiiłííd

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -í- (against, reaching) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (fire) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix)+ -ł- (classifier)-lííd (momentaneous stem of root -LID, “to burn”)

Verb

yíʼdiiłííd

  1. he/she brands it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/∅)

Derived terms

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 370