niyíłtsééh

Navajo

Etymology

ni- (terminative) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tsééh (imperfective stem of root -TSAʼ, “to grasp with teeth”). Alternatively, equivalent to ni- + yíłtsééh

Verb

niyíłtsééh

1. it carries it as far as a stopping point (clamped in its teeth or beak)

References

• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 591