néininih
Navajo
Etymology
ná- (iterative) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -ni- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -nih (imperfective stem of root -NIIʼ, “to act with the hand”).
Verb
néininih
- he/she kneads, massages it
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 454