ńdiiʼnééh

Etymology

ná- (“upward”) + -di- (inceptive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).

Verb

ńdiiʼnééh

  1. he/she gets up, arises
  2. it is moving its head to strike (as a snake)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 415
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