yanáalį́

Etymology

ya- (“up or down, vertically”) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -lį́ (neuter perfective stem of root -LĮ́, “to flow”).

Verb

yanáalį́

  1. it flows or gushes up into the air and curves as it comes down (as water from a fountain or geyser)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), third person only.

This verb has no other forms.

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 376
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