yílkʼid

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -kʼid (neuter perfective stem of root -KʼID, “to be humped”)

Verb

yílkʼid

  1. there is a line or row of hills
  2. a hill extends in a line

Noun

yílkʼid

  1. hill

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 350
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