ádiilbááh

Etymology

ʼádi- (reflexive) + -yi- (transitional) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, reflexive) + -bááh (transitional imperfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).

Verb

ádiilbááh (transitive)

  1. to make oneself gray (e.g. by putting ashes on oneself)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 41
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