yiyiiłtas
Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -yi- (semelfactive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tas (semelfactive stem of root -TAAZ, “to bend”)
Verb
yiyiiłtas
- to give it a twist
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 493