yináhoosił

Etymology

yi- (modal) + -ná- (“around”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ził (cursive stem of root -ZIID, “to grab”)

Verb

yináhoosił

  1. he/she/it is groping around it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi)

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 225.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 748
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