yiyiiłʼaah

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -ʼaah (transitional stem of root -ʼĄ́, “to handle a solid roundish object”).

Verb

yiyiiłʼaah

  1. to cause it (a solid roundish object) to appear, move into position

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 22
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