nihwiiʼeeł

Etymology

ni- (terminative) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -hi- (seriative) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼeeł (imperfective stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”)

Verb

nihwiiʼeeł

  1. things float to a stopping point one after another
  2. things are washed away by water

Derived terms

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 182
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