diníłhéél

Etymology

di- (“color”) + -ní- (ni-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -yéél (neuter perfective stem of root -YÉÉL, “to be dark”). The stem is devoiced due to the presence of the ł- classifier.

Verb

diníłhéél

  1. there is a line or streak of black (as a trail of ants)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 697
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