ííʼá

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -◌́◌́- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼá (neuter perfective stem of root -ʼÁ, “to extend”)

Verb

ííʼá

  1. it extends away and out of sight
  2. it sticks up into the air (as a tree, pole)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only

perfective singular plural dist. plural
3rd person ííʼá adaazʼá

Derived terms

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 1
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