yidáʼdeełkaał

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -dá- (“blocking”) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (“relinquish”) + -ee- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -kaał (momentaneous stem of root -KAL, “to chop”)

Verb

yidáʼdeełkaał

  1. to lock him/her/it in
  2. to close the door on him/her/it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person bidádiʼnishkaał bidádiʼniilkaał bidádadiʼniilkaał
2nd person bidádiʼníłkaał bidádiʼnołkaał bidádadiʼnołkaał
3rd person yidáʼdeełkaał yidádaʼdeełkaał
4th person bidázhʼdeełkaał bidádazhʼdeełkaał

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 172.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 311
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