naʼałkaah

Etymology

na- (atelic, circuital) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -kaah (continuative imperfective stem of root -KÁÁʼ, “to track”).

Verb

naʼałkaah

  1. to check on things, do tracking, follow an unspecified trail

Conjugation

Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si)

Derived terms

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 551.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 301
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