ooljééʼ łahgo ánááʼnííł

Etymology

ooljééʼ (“moon”) + łahgo (“differently, in another way”) + ánááʼnííł, (by surface analysis) composed of ʼá- (“thus”) + -náá- (“once again”, semeliterative) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nííł (imperfective stem of cursive progressive stem of root -YAA, “to make”).

Noun

ooljééʼ łahgo ánááʼnííł

  1. the phases of the moon

References

  • Young, Robert, Morgan, William, Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 1069
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