yisdéíłtsééh

Navajo

Etymology

yisdá- (“to safety”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tsééh (imperfective stem of root -TSAʼ, “to grasp with teeth”)

Verb

yisdéíłtsééh

1. it carries it to safety/away from danger (clamped in its beak or teeth)

References

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