iilchʼąął

Etymology

ʼa- (“away”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -chʼąął (imperfective stem of root -CHʼĄ́Ą́L, “to move suspended”). Probably originally a passive of iiłchʼąął.

Verb

iilchʼąął

  1. to move away and out of sight while dangling or suspended

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 101
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