yaaʼá

Etymology

ya- (“up or down, vertically”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼá (neuter perfective stem of root -ʼÁ, “to extend”)

Verb

yaaʼá

  1. it stands straight up
  2. it towers into the air

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (ni), third person only

perfective singular duoplural dist. plural
3rd person yaaʼá yadaazʼá

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 2
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