yidéideetłʼin

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -dá- (“blocking”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (“relinquish”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tłʼin (momentaneous stem of root -TŁʼIN, “to pile”)

Verb

yidéideetłʼin

  1. to use it to seal or plug something

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 173.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 578
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