yiyiisił

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ził (semelfactive stem of root -ZIID, “to grab”)

Verb

yiyiisił

  1. to grab, catch it (an animate object)

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 797.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 748
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