hodiłid

Etymology

ho- (space, area, things) + -di- (fire) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-lid (durative imperfective stem of root -LID, “to burn”).

Verb

hodiłid

  1. to be burning an area
  2. spatial/areal person of yidiłid

Conjugation

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE hodiłid
PERFECTIVE hodííłid

References

  • Young, Robert, Morgan, William, Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 371