yidiiłdǫǫh

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (“fire”) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -dǫǫh (semelfactive stem of root -DON, “to explode”)

Verb

yidiiłdǫǫh

  1. to set off a charge
  2. to explode it
  3. to fire off a gun

References

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