naalʼaʼí

Etymology

From the root root -ʼAʼ, “to send, to order”), with the nominalizing suffix -í.

Noun

naalʼaʼí

  1. servant, orderly, lackey

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 582.
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