yílgééd

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -gééd (momentaneous stem of root -GEED, “to buck”)

Verb

yílgééd

  1. it goes/comes/arrives bucking (as a horse or other quadruped)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE yílgééd
PERFECTIVE yílgeed

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 204
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