yółdon

Etymology

ó- (“directed at”, combining form of yíní- in the 3rd person) + -ł- (classifier)-don (repetitive stem of root -DON, “to explode”)

Verb

yółdon

  1. to shoot at it (multiple times)

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 767.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 147